An HR leader’s guide to assessing organizational readiness and accelerating skills-based transformation. Advancing and sustaining your organization’s skills-based talent practices is a significant, enterprise-wide effort that requires ongoing engagement, executive support, and a shared sense of…
Getting Started DE-WBCs can help employers develop a robust talent pipeline by engaging directly with students and observing their technical abilities, work ethic, and problem-solving skills in real time, well before the traditional hiring process…
Tested strategies for success for systems, educators, and employers Dual enrollment work-based courses allow high school students to gain college credit and practice workplace skills at the same time. This step-by-step model offers: Guidance for…
Skills are the currency of future-focused colleges and universities. Skills-first learning models, like competency-based education, have the power to transform the U.S. education system, strengthening the education-to-work pipeline and expanding career opportunities to millions of…
A collaboration between Tennessee’s Franklin County school district and a local Nissan plant showed the value of dual enrollment work-based courses for students and employers. Students receive college credit and gain job skills, and the…
On the University of Memphis campus, University High School students in a dual enrollment work-based engineering pathway take courses with college instructors and then complete semester-long lab internships. DE-WBCs enable high school students to simultaneously…
Tennessee’s Fayetteville High School partnered with a local manufacturing employer, AriensCo, to create an on-site welding lab as part of a dual enrollment work-based course. An instructor from the Tennessee College of Applied Technology teaches…
Dual enrollment work-based courses allow high school students to gain college credit and practice workplace skills at the same time. These case studies demonstrate the model in action across Tennessee through a pilot supported by…
Getting Started As traditional college enrollment declines nationwide, dual enrollment offers a powerful solution to expand access, boost student pipelines, and create more affordable and engaging college pathways. Data from the Community College Research Center…