December 15, 2021
As a nation we just do not have the career navigation tools that learners and workers need.
JFF CEO Maria Flynn in “A Handful of Colleges Are Finally Providing Training in a Way Consumers Want It: Fast”
JFF CEO Maria Flynn was quoted in a Hechinger Report article about colleges that are offering learners short-term training opportunities on flexible schedules.
“As a nation we just do not have the career navigation tools that learners and workers need,” she is quoted as saying. “We don’t have a great transparent system to help people truly understand what their options are and what the training requirements are that are aligned with those options.”
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