JFFLabs EIRs will explore the use of data to promote a more equitable and inclusive economic recovery.
With JFF’s support of implementations of the Google IT Support Professional Certificate program, participating community colleges demonstrated that a competency-based curriculum could successfully help low-credentialed adults advance in the IT sector. With JFF’s support of…
For states to achieve an equitable economic recovery, they must make education and workforce systems more relevant and responsive to the needs of workers, learners, and businesses. These state policy briefs examine three key strategies…
JFF calls on states to support the integration of learning and work to provide people with real-world opportunities to apply lessons learned in classroom settings, build professional networks, earn money while they learn, and get…
JFF calls on states to build a skills-based education and employment infrastructure that embraces outcomes-focused innovations and recognizes people’s skills—no matter where or how they acquired those skills—as the principal measure of how much they’ve…
JFF calls on states to build accelerated and efficient pathways that provide all learners, especially members of underserved and underrepresented populations, with opportunities to acquire skills and credentials that are valued in the labor market.…
This brief offers a look at actionable strategies developed by nonprofit organizations that community colleges can follow to increase learner retention, completion, and job placement rates through short-term and online workforce training models. This brief…
The National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 will provide an influx of funding to modernize apprenticeship and create opportunities for millions of Americans.