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Data-rich report from Strada shows few states have highly developed systems for career coaching, work-based learning or alignment with employer interests. Colleges and universities across the country have prioritized broadening student access and boosting credential completion, with the assumption that doing so will lead to strong post-graduate outcomes. But mounting levels of student debt and high rates of underemployment are starting to show that’s not enough to ensure success.
Amid a labor shortage that has baffled businesses and slowed the nation’s economic rehabilitation policymakers, community college administrators and private businesses in several states are fueling new workforce-oriented initiatives.
Jaimie Francis, vice president of policy and programs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, explains how employers can develop and discover workers in their community with the Talent Pipeline Management program.