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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: Last-Mile Training

#14 Jun 17, 2021

The Job: Skills and Employability

#13 Jun 10, 2021

The Job: Short-Term Training

#12 Jun 3, 2021

#11

May 27, 2021

The Job: Stacking to a Degree – This week’s issue looks at college credit for noncollege programs, defining quality with short-term c
#10

May 20, 2021

The Job: Non-Degree Hiring and Promotion – Welcome back. This week's edition looks at 2U's bet on alternative credentials and how Bank of Americ
#9

May 13, 2021

The Job: Rethinking Careers – Thanks for clicking. This week's issue looks at the debate over labor shortages and job training, as
#8

May 6, 2021

The Job: Tech Cred – This week's issue looks at SAS credentials, demographic drought and job market data, and how allied h
#7

Apr 29, 2021

The Job: Priming the Pump – Welcome back. This week's issue looks at Futuro Health in California and micro-internships in Kansas,
#6

Apr 22, 2021

The Job: Workforce on Capitol Hill – This week's issue looks at VR and diesel tech, calls for lifelong learning accounts, and a possible f
#5

Apr 15, 2021

The Job: A Temperature Check – This week is a temperature check on the rise of alternative pathways to jobs, featuring short takes f
#4

Apr 8, 2021

The Job: Assessments and Equity – This week's issue looks at assessments designed to tap diverse talent for free data science training
#3

Apr 1, 2021

The Job: A Competency Marketplace – Welcome to another newsy issue, with a look at several efforts to create clearer pathways to careers
#2

Mar 25, 2021

The Job: Short-Term Credentials – Welcome back. This issue looks at the debate over short-term Pell as well as possible infrastructure
#1

Mar 18, 2021

The Job: 'Practical Realities' / Google's Push / Fad or Fixture? / Open Tabs – Welcome to our first issue. This week we look at Baltimore shifting its messaging to high schoolers a