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Measuring state progress in connecting education with opportunity.
The recent enactment of Workforce Pell grants for short-term, occupational training highlights the need to address the question of whether noncredit occupational training pays off for students.


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The high school classes of 2020 and 2021 have endured massive disruption to their education.

In order to inform solutions for how to reconnect with young adults whose education plans have been disrupted, Strada Education Network is conducting a multiphase research study with high school graduates from 2020 and 2021.

The pandemic has led to a national crisis of widespread disruption to both work and education for millions of adults in the U.S., especially those from historically marginalized groups.
Already, an estimated 28 million Americans have canceled education plans, results from the fifth week of this nationally representative survey* show.

Over the past 15 years, the number of student loan recipients has increased by 51 percent and the debt associated with those loans has more than doubled.

Invest now in community colleges to fuel economic opportunity.
In the recovering economy, employers will play a central role as Americans look to reskill, upskill, and compete in the workforce.
This week’s data are based on the Strada Student Viewpoint and Strada-Gallup Education Consumer surveys.

The former University of Utah leader will drive Strada’s research, philanthropy, policy, and thought leadership on the national stage.
The economic impact of COVID-19 is widespread, but the ramifications are felt disproportionately among people of color.
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The Principles identify essential strategies for supporting students through quality education-to-career guidance as they transition from education to employment.
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Home to one of the nation’s leading longitudinal data systems, Minnesota’s publicly available dashboards are designed to help policymakers and students alike.

More than 300 education and industry leaders from 36 U.S. states came together to learn from one another about how states are connecting education after high school with economic opportunity.
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This year the Strada HBCU Initiative celebrates its fourth year — a milestone that includes the graduation of many students in the first cohort of Strada Scholars.

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