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The Job

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: Employability Standards

#43 Jan 27, 2022

The Job: Cloud Credentials

#42 Jan 20, 2022

The Job: Work Experience

#41 Jan 13, 2022

#40

Jan 6, 2022

The Job: A Lost Generation – The latest on the pandemic’s impact on children, higher ed’s mounting challenges, and long-term labor
#39

Dec 30, 2021

The Job: So Long, 2021
#38

Dec 16, 2021

The Job: Starting Early – This week’s issue looks at how companies are seeking career pipelines for high school students, inclu
#37

Dec 9, 2021

The Job: Vanishing For-Profits – This week features a temperature check with the University of Phoenix, which has pared back its offer
#36

Dec 2, 2021

The Job: Manufacturing Credentials – This week’s issue looks at payoffs for manufacturing certifications, the industry’s evolving demand f
#35

Nov 18, 2021

The Job: Tech Training – Welcome back. This week includes a look at bootcamps earning accreditation amid a boom in related off
#34

Nov 11, 2021

The Job: Skills and Scale – This week’s issue looks at Spelman’s deep partnership with Braven, limitations of workforce data, Win
#33

Nov 4, 2021

The Job: Microsoft and Google – This week's Work Shift takeover looks at deepening ties of tech companies with community colleges, vi
#32

Oct 28, 2021

The Job: A 50-Year Storm – This week’s issue looks at collapsing community college enrollments, what’s working in Michigan and o
#31

Oct 21, 2021

The Job: Disengaged Americans – This week’s issue looks at employer attitudes about workplace learning, overlap between the Great Res
#30

Oct 14, 2021

The Job: Corporate Urgency – This week’s issue looks at big goals for IBM and Verizon’s free skills training programs, with update
#29

Oct 7, 2021

The Job: College ROI – Welcome back. This week’s issue looks at several new studies on the value of college credentials, wag
#28

Sep 30, 2021

The Job: Career Development – Welcome back. This week’s issue includes a look at whether colleges are prioritizing career developme
#27

Sep 23, 2021

The Job: Degree Requirements – Hello! This week’s issue looks at how much of a shift is happening with degree requirements in hiring
#26

Sep 16, 2021

The Job: Free College for Workers – Hello! This issue looks at Amazon’s decision to go it alone with an expanded free college program. Al
#25

Sep 9, 2021

The Job: Maps to Degrees – Welcome back. This week’s newsletter looks at a community college program mapper that features data o
#24

Sep 2, 2021

The Job: Performance Funding – This week’s issue looks at labor market results in performance funding, including an aggressive new F

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