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American Workforce Education: Making it Work

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Bill Bonvillian

Lecturer, Science Technology and Society and Political Science Departments, and Senior Director, Special Projects MIT
Susan Young

Assistant Director for Workforce Learning, J-WEL Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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America’s workforce learning system is broken. While the demand in the economy for additional skills is growing, we do not have an education system that meets this demand. Meanwhile, individuals who lack a college education often face difficulties finding quality jobs. But there is hope for the future: new educational technologies and models for workforce education, which will be discussed during this webinar, are evolving and have the potential to help rebuild this system.

Topics: Future of Work

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GOI Webinar Series: Bridging the Education/Workforce Gap: The Role of Education Policy

Content Author:

George Westerman, Bob LePage, Maria Flynn, Jennifer James, Michael Britt-Crane

Date: 22 February 2022

For all of the work that educators do, it takes more than good courses to help students make the leap from learning to employment. How can educators, employers, and policymakers collaborate to deliver greater outcomes for students?

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Benchmarking and Building Advanced Manufacturing Education (Slides)

Content Author:

George Westerman, Bill Bonvillian

Date: 6 August 2021

Slides from our webinar, "Benchmarking and Building Advanced Manufacturing Education."

Bridging the Education / Workforce Gap - Day 2: Keynote

Content Author:

V. Celeste Carter

Date: 28 July 2021

The pandemic brought home an urgent need: the best-educated are prospering but we are leaving too many behind. Community Colleges are a rich resource for educating higher skilled workers that industry is now demanding.