College leaders should embrace a customer-centric approach to improve the educational experience for their students.
The emerging clean energy economy is already creating millions of jobs and generating trillions of dollars in economic activity across the globe. One characteristic of these jobs is that they span industries and occupations and provide opportunities for low-, middle-, and high-skill workers. As with other industries, though, the highest-quality jobs in this new clean [...]
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Stephen Steigleder and Louis Soares explain why increasing support for job training that builds human capital and leads to stable middle-class employment is a wise investment.
Julie Margetta Morgan and Stephen Steigleder examine the president’s plan to ensure a college education remains a real option for poor and middle-income students and their families.
Stephen Steigleder explores the president’s new initiative to boost our nation’s community colleges so they can train a new generation of middle-class workers.
Stephen Steigleder urges policymakers to translate the increasing embrace of these important collaborations into a bill to help us build a technically skilled workforce.
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Louis Soares and Stephen Steigleder propose a private-public partnership grant program to boost the middle-skill workers that America will require to be globally competitive.
Stephen Steigleder makes the case for subsidized-employment programs for long-term unemployed workers.
Stephen Steigleder and Julie Margetta Morgan detail the House plan to prevent full funding for the Pell Grant program.
Stephen Steigleder walks through how the House Appropriations Committee bill for Labor, HHS, and Education would lead to a $3.1 billion shortfall in worker-training programs.
WIA, if done right, can help lead to a workforce with 21st century skills and make sure America remains an economic powerhouse, writes Stephen Steigleder.
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Stephen Steigleder analyzes the draft bill to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act and makes recommendations for improvement.
Issue Brief
Policymakers must reverse the misguided cuts to job training and postsecondary education programs and develop a more effective “job growth” strategy, write Stephen Steigleder and Louis Soares.