Demand is surging for allied health care workers. Futuro Health is an unusual model worth watching, bringing together a wide collection of partners to tackle the enormous societal challenge.
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Where Congress is headed on workforce issues
Interest in apprenticeships and other non-traditional pathways to jobs reflects shifts in how people prepare for the job market and move through careers.
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What to watch as interest grows in alternative paths to jobs
Will new hiring models open doors to well-paying and satisfying careers? Or will they track some groups into unstable, low-wage jobs?
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How a new Miami partnership seeks to close equity gaps in tech jobs
The partnership among Miami Dade College, SoftBank, and Correlation One could be a model for creating more tech career opportunities for job seekers from underrepresented groups.
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A competency marketplace
The idea envisions a digital hub that brings together job seekers, employers, and postsecondary providers. It may be closer to becoming a reality.
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A sharp debate over short-term credentials
Would expanding Pell Grants to programs as short as eight weeks open up opportunity or turbocharge inequity?
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‘Practical realities’: How the pandemic is changing one city’s message to students
Plus, grading Google certificates and liberal-arts colleges joining the workforce conversation.