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5 Ways Mayors Can Build Their Communities’ Workforces
By making the most of their influence over postsecondary education, they can help narrow the skills gap.
July 22, 2016 • There s a perception among many that mayors don t hold much sway over the higher-education system or the quality of the workforce it produces for their communities. I beg to differ. Not only do our cities leaders have strong motivation for improving the talent pipeline through college and into the workplace, but they also have the authority to spur meaningful change.
Every mayor knows that ensuring that both existing employers and potential new ones have access to the talent they need to run their businesses is critical to a community s prosperity. Likewise, in my experience mayors are all about getting things done. In the early 1990s, for example, many mayors got involved in the reform of K-12 education after they decided they could no longer tolerate poor high-sc