Economic & Workforce Development
Work, Community College, and Work-Based Learning: Avoiding False Choices
Creative states, colleges, and employers are showing us ways to help working students avoid false choices.
What Makes a Good Job for a Community College Student?
We share four key characteristics of students’ current jobs that they valued most.
Modernizing WIOA: How to Include the 41 Million Workers Missing from the Reauthorization Bill
Reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) gives Congress a chance to finally include 41 million gig workers.
Putting Workers at the Center of Workforce Development: WIOA Policy Recommendations
WIOA funds half of all federal investments in workforce training and education and would better serve workers with key changes.
To Communicate with Adult Students about Work-Based Learning, Lean Into the Classroom
If adults have limited time to learn about work-based learning, what’s a community college to do? The solution might be in the classroom.
It’s Time for a New Approach to Workforce Development
As Congress takes up WIOA reauthorization, we call for abold approach that puts workers and their welfare at the center of federal policy.
$100 Million Federal Funding Opportunity Will Support States’ Apprenticeship Expansion Efforts
Federal grant program provides avenues for states to advance youth apprenticeship
NSF EPIIC Funds Community Colleges Capacity Building and Innovation
NSF EPIIC is new federal funding for community college partnerships that build institutional capacity for emerging technology job training.