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 strategy from RAISE US.
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.
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…
Why Care About Noncredit Data? Motivations to Collect Noncredit Data
Data in and of itself is not the goal. It’s understanding the story the data tell and giving policymakers, educators, and students better information to act on.
Should AI Make Students More Comfortable or Less?
What we’re learning—and still need to discover—about AI for networking.
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.…
For a Skills-Based Economy to Work, People Must Be at the Center
Talent doesn’t come from a single pathway—and opportunity shouldn’t either. As skills-based hiring continues to evolve, employers have an opportunity to place greater value on the skills people build throughout…
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