César Barrios: A Career With No Limits
A workforce training program helps a Venezuelan immigrant with an American dream get his motor running. Participant Profile Cesar Barrios A workforce training program helps a Venezuelan immigrant with an American dream get his motor…
Sarah Sanchez: New Skills, Innate Abilities
With GOAL, Sarah Sanchez combined her innate abilities with new training to further her career. Participant Profile Sarah Sanchez New Skills, Innate Abilities Sarah Sanchez has always worked to help others. When she was…
Waves Of Change: Adapting District Strategy and Culture to Prepare All Students for the Future
Transforming traditional high schools to better prepare all graduates to succeed both in college and the new world of work is a daunting task. But it can be done—and in a relatively short period of…
Self-Assessment and Planning Tool for Youth Apprenticeship Programs
This self-assessment and planning tool assists local, state, or regional lead entities and their partners in gauging their current capacity to establish a high-quality system for high school-based youth apprenticeships. This self-assessment and planning tool…
KDP Enhances Apprenticeship Opportunities With Group Sponsorship, Mentoring
This profile highlights how KDP, a Pennsylvania intermediary, uses mentorship and group sponsorship to strengthen and develop the IMT. Intermediary Profile Keystone Development Pipeline (KDP) This workforce product was funded by a grant awarded by…
California’s Health Care Solution: The California Endowment’s 21st Century Pathways to Health Careers
This brief presents examples of successful practices that develop equitable student-centered pathways to health careers at several of the 14 sites of the Building Healthy Communities initiative. This brief presents examples of successful practices that…
State Policy Framework for Student Success
This framework provides a practitioner perspective for how state policy can be designed to help, rather than hinder, the efforts of colleges and communities to improve student success and build a postsecondary-trained workforce. This framework…
Closing the Credit-Noncredit Divide: Bridging the Gap in Postsecondary Education to Expand Opportunity for Low-Wage Working Adults
This report examines the structural divide between for-credit and noncredit postsecondary education and the problems it presents for people seeking better jobs with higher pay. It highlights innovative ways that some community colleges are trying…
Policy Commitments and Design Principles for Equity and Advancement
Jobs for the Future (JFF) presents these practitioner informed policy design principles for College Promise, Career-Connected Postsecondary programs, and Dual Enrollment to advise state and federal policymakers on what works to increase college and career…