 We're talking to Jacob Prokof, the director of Pinellas Technical College in Clearwater, Florida. Kathy Hughes, a researcher with a focus on career and technical education. And Darnell Epps, a recent graduate and the founder of Thurgood Industries. We're also hearing from you an in-house message here. Kennedy Wright is the managing director of audio production at WAMU. He writes, I graduated from a liberal arts college with a B.A.