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By Paul Fain

A weekly newsletter about connections between education and the American workforce. Get a veteran journalist’s take on what to watch as postsecondary education and job training systems work to better serve lower-income learners and workers.

Previous issues

The Job: Modernizing Apprenticeships

#84 Nov 17, 2022

The Job: Bastion of Bipartisanship

#83 Nov 10, 2022

The Job: Re-Engaging Students

#82 Nov 3, 2022

#81

Oct 27, 2022

The Job: Performance Funding – Texas plans to overhaul community college funding and tie it to economic outcomes. Also, one of the s
#80

Oct 20, 2022

The Job: Blurred Boundaries – Universities team up with a tech training firm to help students prepare for the job market and to enr
#79

Oct 13, 2022

The Job: Ladder Economics – A group of community colleges share tips on economic mobility and industry partnerships. Also, AWS op
#78

Oct 6, 2022

The Job: Credentials of Value – An interview with a funder who says employer participation may be the key to helping more Americans t
#77

Sep 29, 2022

The Job: College Alternatives – Graduates of the Marcy Lab School make six figures. But the coding school and college alternative is
#76

Sep 22, 2022

The Job: Opening Doors – Backers of a new ad campaign on nondegree hiring include big companies and the Biden administration.
#75

Sep 15, 2022

The Job: Social Capital – Julia Freeland Fisher weighs in on what social capital theory’s moment means for students and college
#74

Sep 8, 2022

The Job: Online and Stackable – Staffing shortages in healthcare could make stackable credentials real, as Cengage, InStride, and Pen
#73

Sep 1, 2022

The Job: Innovation at Scale – Bitwise Industries takes nondegree tech training from Fresno to a growing number of cities. Also, an
#72

Aug 25, 2022

The Job: Tech Apprenticeships – New “turnkey” registered apprenticeships from YUPRO and OpenClassrooms feature online learning and em
#71

Aug 18, 2022

The Job: Nondegree Pathways – Healthcare companies expand education benefit programs amid a severe labor crunch. Also, the view fro
#70

Aug 11, 2022

The Job: Career Visibility – Desperate for workers, a hands-on industry gets creative to attract talent, with community colleges a
#69

Aug 4, 2022

The Job: Career Navigation – Amazon taps Kaplan and Beyond 12 to offer coaching to frontline workers through its free college prog
#68

Jul 28, 2022

The Job: Public-Private Partnerships – Tech training bootcamps from the University of Montana and Tulsa Community College tap outside fundin
#67

Jul 21, 2022

The Job: Policy Trade-Offs – A survey digs into public skepticism about the value of higher education and its relation to a “rigge
#66

Jun 30, 2022

The Job: Federal Policy – Will Congress increase the $5,250 cap on the tax break for workers for their college tuition benefits
#65

Jun 23, 2022

The Job: Financing Training – Social Finance expands zero-interest loans for learners in short-term training programs, with support

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