How Colorado’s Construction Industry Built Its Own Workforce System
This is the first in a series of briefs about Opportunity Now Colorado, a $90M grant program that invested in employer-led workforce partnerships across every county in the state. This piece profiles the model that…
Workforce Pell’s Slow Rollout Begins
As Workforce Pell officially launches this month, predictions are becoming reality with only a sliver of short-term programs qualifying in states from coast to coast.
Building the Noncredit Data Infrastructure: State-by-State, Institution-by-Institution
Spurred on by Workforce Pell, the first true national movement to improve noncredit data is taking off. Much work remains.
The Best Interview Isn’t an Interview—It’s a Training Program
For workforce training to pay off, employers have to treat it like an integral part of their hiring process—and colleges have to build programs that don’t view graduation as the…
Prioritizing Industry
A growing group of two-year colleges emphasize high-value programs over ones that don’t pay, with an emerging playbook from Aspen and CCRC. Also, a Louisiana community college helps bring high-wage…
Now That Workforce Pell Is Here, Colleges Must Quash These Three Myths About Stackable Credentials
A lot of myths have grown up around stackable credentials. Here are three of the most persistent ones—and how institutions can respond to them.
Hyundai Steel Needed a Site for a $6B U.S. Plant. It Came Down to Location, Location, Workforce
Donaldsonville, La., had been repeatedly passed over for industrial projects, despite its prime location on the banks of the Mississippi. It finally got the formula right with a $30M training…
Civic Infrastructure
Growing Inland Achievement seeks to help the Inland Empire’s 4.7M residents with transition points from kindergarten to employment. The regional convener is part of StriveTogether’s network, which is getting attention…
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