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To address chronic labor shortages, #BloombergPhilanthropies has provided money to ten communities seeking to (re)design local high school #healthcare #pathways to offer clear pathways to credentialing and employment: bit.ly/3yZbGh2

A survey of 500 US businesses finds that 38% offer high school internships, up 8 percentage points from 5 years ago. However, there remain few #internship opportunities nationally for high schoolers to build their career competencies: bit.ly/4cRrvUX

Forecasting #GoodJobs available through 2031, researchers find that 66% will be available to workers with bachelor’s degrees—compared to just 15% available for those with high school educations: bit.ly/4efZR54 Georgetown CEW

On Sept 25, learn about the critical role that #CommunityColleges can play in training a #climate mitigation #workforce. Join the conversation: bit.ly/4emKCqY  CCRC

“In the U.S., students typically don’t begin #CareerExploration until #HighSchool...However, experts...agree that #MiddleSchool is a better time for students to begin discovering their passions...” Read more about career exploration: bit.ly/3ZsgZ3n ECS | Education Commission of the States

Researchers find that women enrolled in #CTE are more likely to choose pathways with 7-20% lower pay than those that men in CTE tend to choose, paralleling gendered earning gaps seen in the labor market at large: bit.ly/4gzkjA2

#Semiconductor companies in #AZ are booming and will need a larger workforce to meet demand. Local community colleges and universities are working to prepare future workers for jobs—70% of which may not require bachelor’s degrees: bit.ly/3Zy2F9t #CHIPSAct

Three community colleges use #NSF funding to launch the “National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium” to help fellow colleges improve the quality of their #AI #workforce training nationwide: bit.ly/4eiShqQ

Seeking to promote better #DataCollection around #WorkBasedLearning—a critical yet understudied part of the high school CTE experience—researchers identify promising practices that may permit more rigorous scholarship: bit.ly/3Y4wlK9

Studying #CTETeachers, The Brookings Institution finds that those that are occupationally licensed are 25% more likely to exit teaching for industry than non-CTE teachers. Moreover, teachers in high-growth fields are particularly likely to exit: bit.ly/3Y0SEzp

For high schoolers, many options for #CareerPreparation are available nationally, including career pathways and credentialing opportunities. However, there remains a troubling gap in student and parental knowledge about what options are available: bit.ly/4eo48mF

Advance CTE (Advance CTE) has refreshed its #CareerClusters Framework, which is a model for states seeking to create high quality career pathways eligible for #Perkins funding. Learn about the changes here: bit.ly/40IbwWU

#CareerAdvising may help reduce the share of college graduates who are #underemployed after graduation, says Strada Education Foundation. However, only 20% of college students attending public universities report receiving this kind of advising: bit.ly/3O8z67B

The federal government’s 300B dollar spending on #CleanEnergy, advanced #manufacturing and infrastructure means more funds flowing to state agencies. However, many states have workforce systems currently ill-equipped to administer funds: bit.ly/4hZ1Vkz Harvard Business School

#CommunityColleges and others lead the way in using #GoodJobsChallenge funds to help train more Americans for industries like IT, forestry and construction: bit.ly/3OoMPr0

Surveying 16k youth, The Lancet Planetary Health finds that 64% say their worries about the climate will impact their future plans (bit.ly/41isXh6). These youth may pursue #GreenJobs, a growing sector of the economy MDRC has been steadily tracking: bit.ly/48qnFQq

A #CollegeBridgeProgram helps incarcerated individuals brush up on their reading, writing and math skills so that there are less barriers to higher educational attainment upon release: bit.ly/4go3u9Z The Petey Greene Program

Studying LaunchCode—a free #tech training provider—researchers find significant and sizable effects on income after 4 years, with the greatest benefits for individuals who engage in #apprenticeships: bit.ly/4glztYM

MDRC Doctoral Fellow Pierre Lucien and coauthors find that student participation in #MA #CareerPathways has positive effects on college enrollment and persistence across racial and class groups, offering a potential strategy to promote equity in education: bit.ly/3PnPFgz

Studying CTE #DualEnrollment in #NorthCarolina, Julie Edmunds—co-PI for MDRC’s new Rural CTE Center—and co-authors find participation is positively correlated with #credential attainment, graduation from high school, and college enrollment: bit.ly/3WeyMZn