Britain is weighing a problem the U.S. must address: the gap between school and work. Apprenticeship degrees are one solution.
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Posted inHigher Education
Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder
Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.
Posted inEducation
Trump’s Broken Promise of “One Million Apprentices”
The president and former star of The Apprentice vowed to champion apprenticeships. But funding cuts, grant cancellations, and widespread layoffs belie his commitment.
Posted inEducation
How AmeriCorps Kept Young Talent in Rural Communities
Trump’s cuts to the federal service program eliminated thousands of positions that provided career pathways in struggling small towns across America.
Posted inMagazine
Poverty, Inc.
Government’s decades-old experiment in letting corporations deliver social services has been a disaster—for taxpayers and the poor.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
What’s Missing from the American Rescue Plan
We still need reform and funding for the federal government’s crazy quilt of job training and career assistance programs.
Posted inPolitical Animal
To Avoid the Next Economic Crisis, It’s Time to Pay Attention to Workers
A worker shortage is already a problem in much of the country.
