The New Learning Ecosystem
Building an education-to-employment system centered on adult learners
Our Mission
Our mission is to improve lives by forging clearer and more purposeful pathways between education and employment.
Our Partners
Changing the Value Equation in Higher Education
How consumers rate the value of their education pathways
Our Network
Strada is a national social impact organization devoted to research, philanthropy, and solutions that align education and careers.
Working-Class Adults: An Untapped Market of Education Consumers
Colleges and universities, the institutions that have historically defined higher education in America, are apprehensive over the prospect of declining cohorts of newly minted high school graduates that have flocked …
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The New Learning Ecosystem
The New Learning Ecosystem provides working-age adults with opportunities to gain the training or education they need to advance or transition to new careers at multiple stages of their lives.
Forty-Four Million Americans
Forty-four million Americans are struggling to earn enough to support their families. Even if they are working, many are underemployed and lack the postsecondary credentials or training to progress in …
The New Learning Ecosystem
Building an education-to-employment system centered on adult learners
Despite the rapid changes in work, the pathways to employment through education and hiring have not made as significant or important a leap. Traditional pathways to employment were designed at …
Changing the Value Equation in Higher Education
How consumers rate the value of their education pathways
Strada Education Network believes the best way to understand whether someone’s education is valuable is to ask them. For more than three years, we’ve listened to over 340,000 Americans tell …
Innovator Spotlight: Julia Freeland Fisher on making social capital work for underresourced communities
The Clayton Christensen Institute is a think tank dedicated to improving the world through disruptive innovation in education, healthcare, and economic prosperity. Based on the theories of Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, the Institute …
The Power of Connecting
I know it’s difficult to believe, but the best part of my job in philanthropy is not giving away money. That’s fun, to be sure, but much more rewarding is …
The Power of Connecting
In Fall 2019, Strada gathered its grant recipients in Indianapolis for its first-ever Grantee Forum to share best practices in improving pathways between education and careers.
Innovator Spotlight: Code Nation’s training, networking gives under-resourced high schoolers path to IT jobs.
Code Nation is dedicated to building social equity by providing students in under-resourced high…
Advancing adult careers: How the power of networking can help underresourced communities
Social capital, defined as the networks you have that help you get ahead in life, is vital to success in education and employment. Yet many people who could benefit from …
Innovator Spotlight: Climb Hire shows workers the power of building a network
Climb Hire provides on-ramps to middle-class jobs through an accelerated training program for Salesforce…
Veterans Without Degrees
The Benefits and Opportunities of Certificates and Certifications
These findings provide new awareness of how veterans view and capitalize on their nontraditional qualifications in the labor market. It highlights the tremendous potential for policymakers, veterans’ organizations, educational institutions, …