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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 organization’s chief data ecosystem officer says education-to-employment data help individuals make informed decisions about college and workforce training.

Mentors in Tech, supported by a Strada grant, recruits veterans from the Seattle region’s robust tech industry to mentor students at the area’s small, affordable, open-access colleges.

Ellspermann, Flores, and Williams will provide leadership and support for Strada’s strategic plan, with a goal of creating more effective links between education and employment.

The Building Better Internships report looks at the latest findings from the National Survey of College Internships, a survey developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions.

Both Robinson and Love will support the foundation’s efforts to conduct research and develop policy solutions.

Through the Arizona State-led Work+Collective, more than a dozen institutions are injecting mentorship and career development skills into students’ employment.

Draeger, who is an expert in federal financial aid systems, will lead the foundation's efforts to make post-high school education less expensive.

The State Opportunity Index was developed to help states build a stronger connection between education after high school and equitable pathways to opportunity so students realize the full value of their education and employers have the workforce they need to fill high-demand jobs.

'Colleges and universities, states, and our country can do more to help prepare students for the critical transition from college to the labor market.’

The report offers a comprehensive picture of how college graduates fare in the job market over their first decade of employment after college.
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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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