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The Marcy Lab School in New York City aims to offer a traditional college experience in just one year. We talked with co-founder Reuben Ogbonna about experimentation, growth, and student choice in higher ed.
As the geography of U.S. job growth shifts, community colleges scramble to keep up.
Youth apprenticeships are growing, but federal data are too limited to tell us anything conclusive about the success of the model, writes Taylor White of New America. That's a problem.
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Could one-year apprenticeships become a thing in tech?
This issue of The Job looks at new “turnkey” registered apprenticeships from YUPRO and OpenClassrooms, featuring online learning and employer access to a diverse hiring pool.
The rise of outcomes-based loans
This issue of The Job looks at Social Finance expanding zero-interest loans for learners in short-term training programs, with support from governments and employers. Also, the White House calls for public-private partnerships to ramp up…
Work Shift Explainer: California’s urgent work to reform remedial ed
The nation’s most important college equity push isn't the test-optional movement—it’s the reform of remedial education. In this explainer, we take a look at what's at stake in the nation's…
Why a “college and” approach is necessary to rebuild the middle class
College can't be the only path to the middle class, writes Kate Naranjo of Opportunity@Work. And we've neglected to invest in other routes for far too long.
Youth apprentices doubled in the past decade—but rewards were uneven
Women and girls still dramatically lag in participation, and both women and Black youth get less of a wage boost.
With $40 million grant, ‘American manufacturing will be reborn in El Paso’
The Texas project is part of a billion-dollar national effort to grow local economic hubs and create good jobs in places that aren’t the typical urban superstars.
Employers sign on to create almost 500 new apprenticeship programs
Through a new federal initiative, companies have agreed to build new programs across a wide range of industries and to hire 10K new apprentices in the next year.
You’ve dropped degree requirements. Now what?
Work Shift talks with Taylor McLemore, managing director of the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator, about the nitty-gritty of how companies are actually doing—or not doing—skills-based hiring in tech.
As apprenticeships take off, unions are in the driver’s seat
The country’s unions are at the forefront of efforts to build up the workforce to meet demand in construction, manufacturing, and other high-need industries.