Open Campus

• Ambassador to Business
  The community college that leads the nation on Workforce Pell approvals teams up with its biggest corporate neighbor to build a training alliance with local businesses. Also, two new podcast episodes on how the U.S. should prepare for AI-driven job disruption, and how public-private partnerships in Colorado are building up a systems engineering workforce. The […]
• Building the Workforce Nobody Knew They Could Join
  This brief looks at how public-private partnerships are building up the systems engineering workforce in Colorado. It is the second in a series about a $90M grant program that invested in employer-led workforce partnerships across the state. The post Building the Workforce Nobody Knew They Could Join appeared first on Work Shift.
• Shared Responsibility
  A national commission uses real-world examples to make the case for improving education and workforce readiness, while another set of reports calls for integrated education-to-career systems. Also, Eckerd Connects and evolving job centers, and seed money for helping North Carolina community colleges reimagine the workforce. The post Shared Responsibility appeared first on Work Shift.
• Job Centers Seek to Evolve Amid Economic and AI Shifts
  Many job centers across the nation are moving to provide more holistic services. But they face an uphill battle with an uncertain economy and threats to funding. The post Job Centers Seek to Evolve Amid Economic and AI Shifts appeared first on Work Shift.

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