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Downloadable guide from Work Shift. Long a pathway into the trades, apprenticeships now are also preparing Americans for new-collar jobs in fields from healthcare to tech.
This issue of The Job looks at how Minnesota is setting the gold standard for defining quality, as states seek to collect more and better data on workforce education programs. Also, many medical assisting certificate programs will fail the new gainful-employment rule. What’s the solution for this low-paying profession?
Workforce education has become good national politics, but dollars have been slow to follow.
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Measuring Quality
This issue of The Job looks at how Minnesota is setting the gold standard for defining quality, as states seek to collect more and better data on workforce education programs. Also, many medical assisting certificate programs will fail…
Full stack: Nonprofit bootcamp offers a path from career exploration to a job
This issue of The Job looks at a nonprofit bootcamp that is tapping a network of community organizations and apprenticeships to help low-income learners land a career in tech. Also, what a stalled state bill says about the policy…
The ‘Second City’ looks to be first in student supports
One Million Degrees, a leading provider of wrap-around supports, and City Colleges of Chicago are expanding their partnership in a big way. We talked with Aneesh Sohoni, CEO of the nonprofit,…