The chaos the pandemic brought to the labor market revealed the inadequacy of state data and technology infrastructures.
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Public support for apprenticeships?
Apprenticeships are all the rage, with bipartisan support and growing corporate interest.
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A call to move beyond vouchers for workforce training
New analysis of the fragmented WIOA job training system and its 75K eligible programs, from Harvard’s Project on Workforce
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Holding colleges ‘to task’ for producing economic gains
The consensus is that information on how graduates fare in the labor market remains woefully inadequate.
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Competency-based education at nursing colleges
Nursing is one of the nation’s highest-demand fields, with severe staffing shortages that are driving a public health crisis.
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Trends in hiring
College students are understandably anxious about their job searches in this mold-breaking labor market.
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Moving deeper into tech apprenticeships
Through its partnership with Interapt, an IT consulting and workforce development firm based in Louisville, Ky., General Assembly this week announced a new “apprenticeship solution” for employers.
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A look at the Republicans’ Pell proposal
The bill would make credential programs that can be completed in as little as two months eligible for the federal grants.
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The future for mega universities
The University of Arkansas System emerges as a suitor for University of Phoenix as competition tightens in online education.
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Problem-Solving at Community Colleges
Community colleges find creative ways to offer expensive programs in high-demand technical fields. They also face big challenges with the learning loss and mental health problems of incoming students. Big Costs and Big Payoffs Enrollments at the nation’s community colleges began to stabilize last fall after nearly three years of historic declines. Many across the sector […]