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 …
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 …
Why understanding local labor markets will be critical to our economic recovery.
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, …
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 …
