Getting Serious: Apprenticeship Equity Solutions for Employers and Sponsors
JFF’s National Innovation Hub for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility hosted this first-of-its-kind, two-day virtual summit in May 2022. Hear from employers across the country on how they’re using the earn-and-learn model of apprenticeship to…
Designing With Equity in Mind: An Action Toolkit for Competency-Based Education
Higher education is meant to be an engine of economic opportunity and mobility. But for too long, institutions have struggled to offer equitable access and produce equitable outcomes for all learners. Individuals from a range…
Guided Career Pathways Framework
Dramatic disruptions in our labor market and economy require a responsive and dynamic model for postsecondary education. The lines between learning and work are fading as people find that they must continually develop new skills…
Youth Apprenticeship: A Vision for the Future, A Plan for Today
Learn more about the promise of apprenticeship for in-school and out-of-school youth. Learn more about the promise of apprenticeship for in-school and out-of-school youth. Visit JFF's Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning Panels Introduction &…
Remote Ready?
Low-income older workers have largely been left out of the dramatic shift toward remote work, potentially cutting off valuable opportunities for greater productivity, flexibility, and economic advancement. This paper explores how to make remote work…
Digital Resilience in the American Workforce (DRAW)
Through DRAW, JFF, and its partners offer evidence-based, piloted strategies and materials that help adult education teachers build the digital literacy skills and digital resilience of adult learners for educational, employment, and economic success. Professional…
Youth Apprenticeship in Action: Principles in Practice
This brief explains how the core components of youth apprenticeship programs fit together and presents a set of principles that providers can adopt to improve the quality of their programs. Youth apprenticeship is a proven…
Freedom to Achieve: Pathways and Practices for Economic Advancement After Incarceration
More than half a million people are released from U.S. prisons each year, and the majority are unable to find work due to underlying biases and systemic racism. This report argues that we must match…
American Rescue Plan Funds Can Transform Education for Young Adults
The recently passed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides states with an unprecedented opportunity to use federal stimulus funds for innovative new educational programs supporting students who have fallen behind—including the millions of high school…