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Critical Facilities
A successful workforce nonprofit leans into tech-adjacent job training with a skilled-trades flavor. Also, research on how many jobs data centers will create, innovative funding to prepare workers for manufacturing roles, and a new AI…
Raising the Floor
QuikTrip and Costco show that companies can thrive with better pay, benefits, and schedules for workers. Also, how wage boards can lift up the care economy, Metallica’s expanding scholars’ program…
Local Talent
A California program seeks to shrink primary care deserts by building a clear path from community college to medical school and then back home again. Also, practical advice for state…
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…
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…
Work for America
A two-sided marketplace helps jobseekers find opportunities with state and local governments. Also, the AI freakout scrambles politics, calls mount to prepare for job displacement, and early signals on the…
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…
Anchor Partners
Companies are teaming up to prepare workers for data center jobs and other skilled trades roles. Some are backing community college programs, and AWS is at the forefront of that…
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