Ambassador to Business
The community college that leads the nation on Workforce Pell approvals teams up with its biggest corporate neighbor to build a training alliance with local businesses. Also, two new podcast episodes on how the U.S.…
Shared Responsibility
A national commission uses real-world examples to make the case for improving education and workforce readiness, while another set of reports calls for integrated education-to-career systems. Also, Eckerd Connects and…
Job Centers Seek to Evolve Amid Economic and AI Shifts
Many job centers across the nation are moving to provide more holistic services. But they face an uphill battle with an uncertain economy and threats to funding.
Ties to Industry
A private two-year college leans into its vocational roots to prepare students for high-paying, high-demand careers. Also, new research on how U.S. workers layer apprenticeships and degrees, and essays on…
Workforce Pell Gets ROI Half Right. States Need to Do the Rest.
Federal metrics can’t distinguish between programs that fail students and those that are training essential workers for jobs the market systematically underpays. States need to do better.
One Million Apprentices, Two Years to Go
With half a term left, the Trump administration still needs to see major growth in registered apprenticeship to meet its big goal of 1M active apprentices.
One Million Apprentices
Marek Laco answers questions about the administration’s goal to hit 1M registered apprentices and shares thoughts on the progress to date. Also, views from across the pond on the U.S.…
No-Regrets Bets
Rachel Lipson calls for policies to help early-career workers, even if the AI jobs shock is limited. Also, Anthropic analyzes research on whether worker retraining can meet the moment, how…
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