Mar 21, 2021

New Format, More WFM-Authored Articles - Issue #6

By Workforce Monitor • Issue #6 • View online

Hello everyone. Things are once again getting changed up a bit. You are watching the sausage making of this new enterprise where we continuously fine tune what we’re doing with the goal of more effectively synthesizing the over-abundance of workforce-related information that’s available online.

So, with that goal firmly in place, we decided to post only abstracts and otherwise brief quips with links to the more in-depth information published in articles and reports. Plus, we are writing more articles ourselves and publishing them on the Workforce Monitor website instead of posting them in their entirety here. Some of our articles are full-blown features, like this week’s article on Credential Engine, and others are syntheses of long reports and white papers, like the synthesis of an American Council of Education report.

We’d also like you to know that we have been fine tuning the Workforce Monitor website, which is another continuously evolving endeavor. So, more changes are coming soon.

Please let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see on the Workforce Monitor website. Constructive criticism is always welcome as well. Send an email to glorenzo@wfmonitor.com or fill out our contact form.

Revealing and Comparing Credential Quality So Learners & Employers Can Make Wise Choices

We have been roaming around the world of credentials for several weeks now. In that spirit, we offer a second article about Credential Engine. In this article, we go deeper into the origins and current status of Credential Engine and how this important credential-transparency project is moving forward in its relationships with states and educational institutions.

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Building a Connected-Credentials Ecosystem: A Report Synopsis

“Quality Dimensions for Connected Credentials,” from the American Council on Education (ACE), written by Deborah Everhart, Evelyn Ganzglass, Carla Casilli, Daniel Hickey, and Brandon Muramatsu, was published in 2016, and its overriding message reverberates today.

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Addressing Short-Form Learning: A White Paper Synthesis

Here we synthesize a January 2021 Guild Education white paper titled “Enrolling More Working Adults in Short-Form Learning Programs,” by Alex Cannon and Anna Jiang Edwards.

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Transforming U.S. Workforce Development for the 21st Century

Published in 2015, a “culmination of nearly two years of brainstorming, planning, writing, reviewing, and editing by many individuals.”

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Investing in America's Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, Volume 3

Published in 2018, “… many different organizations have developed programs to support workers, help businesses enhance productivity and solve human resource challenges, reemploy workers who have lost their jobs, and move people from precarious positions on public support to positions of employment and self-sufficiency … ”

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Credential Engine and State Partnerships: Clear Data Powers Better Decisions

State policymakers and agencies play a vital role in ensuring their residents and employers have the information they need to make well-informed decisions. States are tasked with meeting multiple, often competing, goals to efficiently and effectively identify, fund, and deliver education and training services.

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The Job – Open Campus

Check out this weekly newsletter from Paul Fain 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.

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We comb through all the erudite literature on Workforce Development issues, trends, and strategies as they relate to the world of education. We then synthesize our favorite research into concise summaries and feature articles, covering this broad landscape in a way that can save you time.

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