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Study: Paid internships boost first-job salaries by $3,000, student confidence about careers

Disparities in securing paid internships persist for women, people of color, first-generation college students, and students with low incomes — even when taking into account their fields of study.

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The Significant Value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Two centuries after the first historically Black colleges and universities were founded, the 101 accredited HBCUs in operation today continue to deliver on their legacy of expanding educational opportunity for Black students that leads to successful and fulfilling lives.

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How Colleges Help Students Succeed Beyond Completion

As a field, higher education has experienced a continuing evolution in how to measure success. For nearly five decades success efforts were focused on access, followed by the past decade and a half pursuing completion, and the field now has a growing focus on the value of a degree and student outcomes beyond completion.

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Strada names 15 grant winners in $10 million Beyond Completion Challenge

Strada announces the winners in the initial phase of a grant challenge aimed at helping higher education institutions improve career and life opportunities for several disadvantaged populations.

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Understanding Undergraduates’ Career Preparation Experiences

Strada’s prior research on undergraduate perceptions of the value of their education demonstrates that students value their education most when they receive support to connect their education and career interests.

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Promising Practices for Reconnecting Recent High School Graduates to Postsecondary Education

In the wake of historic pandemic-related enrollment declines, postsecondary institutions have responded by developing and expanding innovative approaches to engaging learners.

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Workforce development leader Stephen Moret to join Strada as president and CEO

The recognized economic and workforce development leader with successful tenures in Virginia and Louisiana will join the national nonprofit in January 2022.

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Student Outcomes Beyond Completion: National Findings From the 2021 Strada Alumni Survey

Students can see the high costs of education, but a clear and predictable career path is more opaque in an ever-shifting labor market transformed by remote work, gig work, outsourcing, automation, artificial intelligence, and global supply chains.

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Strada, Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity launch $10 million challenge

​​The grant competition seeks to connect learning with employment for first-generation students, those who struggle to afford education, and students of color.

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How the HBCU experience builds leaders

Roslyn Clark Artis grew up in southern West Virginia, the only African American in her graduating class. The daughter of a coal miner, she dreamed of becoming a lawyer and applied to every public university in her home state, hoping to find an affordable route to college.

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28 HBCUs join ambitious initiative to connect students’ education and aspirations

A $25 million grant from Strada taps the collective experience and insights of HBCU leaders to scale experiential learning and leadership development within the college experience.

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Listening to Recent High School Grads

Steep declines in undergraduate enrollment during 2020 and 2021 threaten to widen existing equity gaps in college completion and career opportunities.

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Building the data infrastructure for Workforce Pell: A roadmap for states and institutions

The newly launched Model Workforce Pell Data Framework offers a practical roadmap for a robust data infrastructure aligned across education and workforce systems.

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How employers can embrace the time-tested benefits of work-based learning

The practice of learning on the job has been around for centuries, but its capacity to prepare learners for the workforce and expose businesses to emerging talent is generating modern excitement.

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How Mississippi made locally led coaching happen statewide

With dedicated career coaches in 90 percent of its public high schools, the state connects learners with information about education pathways to high-demand, high-wage jobs.

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Celebrating the mentors who coached, cheered, and cajoled us in our journeys

For January’s National Mentoring Month, Strada staff reflected on how mentors in all their forms have shaped our journeys as students and professionals.

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Class of 2025 includes first cohort of Strada Scholars

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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10 elements for state data systems

Strada worked closely with state data agencies and higher education executives to identify 10 critical elements that contribute to the capacity of state data systems.

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