Faced with job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans are turning to outplacement services provided by their former employers for help in their next job search. But with the …
You can’t judge a job by its title. The same role can actually require different combinations of skills, called “skill shapes,” depending on the industry, employer and region. People have …
As colleges and universities across the country scramble toward online learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the president of Western Governors University offers this basic advice: “Make sure …
Long before COVID-19, America’s most vulnerable students were struggling to access not only education and skills training, but the social connections that open doors to great careers. Aimée Eubanks Davis, …
While recent data from Strada Education Network’s Public Viewpoint: COVID-19 Work and Education Survey shows Latinos are more likely than white, black, or Asian Americans to have lost income or working hours due to the pandemic, they also are more open to embracing education as a potential solution. That data point is no surprise to Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, a Strada grantee.
When Meghan Hughes became president of Rhode Island Community College in February 2016, she confronted declining enrollment and a two-year graduation rate hovering at 4 percent — well below the …
Rhode Island has improved the lives and livelihoods of its residents by combining classroom education with hands-on, work-based learning. But what happens when businesses are shuttered and students must learn …
While the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been widespread, Strada’s Center for Consumer Insights’ latest survey data shows people of color are bearing a disproportionate share of negative …
In the second season of Strada Education Network’s podcast, Lessons Earned: Putting Education to Work, co-hosts Ben Wildavsky and Andrew Hanson explore how educators, employers, and policymakers are responding to …
How do we make sense of higher education and its relationship to the economy in the midst of a pandemic that changed the world overnight? Normally, when the economy is …