
Are We Ready for This?
At the beginning of the 20th century, Americans were lucky to live past their 50th birthday. By the new millennium, average life expectancy in the United States had shot up …
At the beginning of the 20th century, Americans were lucky to live past their 50th birthday. By the new millennium, average life expectancy in the United States had shot up …
In the not-so-distant future, workers will make dozens of career changes over a working life of 75 or even 100 years. Michelle Weise, an expert on the future of work …
As the labor market works to crawl back from this year’s sharp downturn, getting the U.S. workforce prepared for and placed in secure, lasting jobs will be a complex process …
When it comes to postpandemic economic recovery, Michael Collins, a vice president at JFF, warns against creating a two-tiered education and training system that further marginalizes people from low-income families …
Long before JFF’s Michael Collins became an education-workforce policy expert, he was a Black kid living in Hartford, Connecticut, bussed to school in the white suburbs. The experience, followed years …
Application requirements favoring families who can apply and commit early without comparing financial aid packages. A preference for legacy students and star athletes. A tendency to recruit from the same …
Strada’s mission is to improve lives by forging clearer and more purposeful pathways between education and employment. While many Americans benefit from college degrees and advanced training every year, there …