Editing Apprenticeship (section)

===United States===
{{Main|Apprenticeship in the United States}}

Apprenticeship programs in the United States are regulated by the [[Smith–Hughes Act]] (1917), The [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] (1933), and [[National Apprenticeship Act]], also known as the "Fitzgerald Act."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dol.gov/apprenticeship/|title=UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR|work=U.S. Department of Labor}}</ref>

The number of American apprentices has increased from 375,000 in 2014 to 500,000 in 2016, while the federal government intends to see 750,000 by 2019, particularly by expanding the apprenticeship model to include [[White-collar worker|white-collar occupations]] such as [[information technology]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url =http://hechingerreport.org/u-s-quietly-works-to-expand-apprenticeships-to-fill-white-collar-jobs/
 | title =U.S. quietly works to expand apprenticeships to fill white-collar jobs: With other countries' systems as a model, apprenticeships have started to expand
 | last =Krupnick
 | first =Matt
 | date =27 September 2016
 | website =Hechinger Report
 | publisher = Teachers College at Columbia University
 | access-date =27 September 2016
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.inc.com/salvador-rodriguez/trump-h1b-apprenticeships.html|title=As Trump Stifles Immigration, Expect Tech to Turn to Apprenticeships|author=Salvador Rodriguez|date=2017-04-11|magazine=Inc.}}</ref>