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Paying for Training
An austere congressional budget bill makes clear that the feds aren’t going to meaningfully boost funding for job training, while states are already straining to continue major workforce programs. Also, a flurry of new money…
Calling Counselors
Colleges are experimenting with apprenticeships and stackable credentials to make the route to a counseling career more manageable. Also, an AI roundup featuring takes on regulation from the pope and…
Expanding Apprenticeship
The vast majority of U.S. businesses are small and medium-sized, but few participate in apprenticeship. Targeted government grants and tax credits could help them get off the sidelines. Also, reimagining…
AI Safety Net
Emerging partnerships between AI labs and philanthropies seek to measure and prepare for the tech’s impacts on jobs—but the clock is ticking. Also, the final federal rules for Workforce Pell,…
Workforce Hub
A campus for skilled trades in Travis County seeks to meet evolving needs of employers and help more residents benefit from a booming local economy. Also, a new healthcare apprenticeship…
Credential Lag
Preventing workforce bottlenecks for emerging tech industries and the AI infrastructure buildout. Also, 800+ applications for $60M aimed at helping women thrive in the workplace, and essays on bringing AI…
Infrastructure Skills
Training for clean energy careers moves beyond a niche focus amid strong demand. Also, expanding on-ramps to skilled construction jobs, career navigation as a public good, experts predict AI breakthroughs…
Industry-Led Education
The two-year college sector taps a strategy developed after the dot-com bust to help tech training stay current. Also, the Rockefeller Foundation makes a $100M bet on good jobs, and…
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