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Science education is a key to jobs and success

Science, math, tech, and engineering know-how are 21stcentury game changers. The Framework for K-12 Science Education, a recently released report from The National Academies of Science, emphasizes the critical importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.

Video: Skilled Workforce, Education and Industry Change: Jennifer McNelly, TMI

How are manufacturers partnering with champions in education and government to develop qualified workers and advance systemic change in industry and education nationwide?

 

Jennifer McNelly, Sr. Vice President, The Manufacturing Institute, in conversation with Amee Godwin, of ISKME, for CompletionMatters.org, Conversations on College Completion, part 2.

 

 

Video: Industry-Aligned Credentials: Jennifer McNelly, TMI

Jennifer McNelly, Sr. Vice President, The Manufacturing Institute, in conversation with Amee Godwin, of ISKME, for CompletionMatters.org, Conversations on College Completion.

 

 

Community College as a Bridge to New Skills - NYTimes.com

Blog Posting Summary:

Vocational training at community colleges can help workers who have lost what were once steady blue-collar jobs requiring only a high school diploma.

 

Excerpt:

But in the course of the recession and its aftermath, many of those who have flocked to community college programs in health care, manufacturing, aerospace, biotechnology and other vocational subjects are those who lost their jobs during the downturn.

 

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Examining the *Young Men of Color* Research Landscape

This interactive resource (from The College Board) allows readers to see six common post-high school pathways for young men of color. Click around and learn sobering statistics about the current context in which minority males come to college and career decisions.

Video: Deep Community Partnerships for Postsecondary Success: Bonnie Gordon, MDC

 

Bonnie Gordon, Sr. Program Director, MDC, in conversation with Amee Godwin, of ISKME, for CompletionMatters.org, Conversations on College Completion

 

 

 

Building Roads to Success: Key Considerations for Communities and States Reconnecting Youth to Education

The National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) provides training and resources to organizations that support youth toward college completion and workforce readiness. Their report, Building Roads to Success, identifies 5 key areas of programming, policy, and system building at the local and state levels that are crucial to preparing young people to complete high school or its equivalent, and to continue on to college or the workforce.

Identifying Gateways for College and Career Success for Young Adults (NCTN's Spring 2011 Policy Forum)

The National College Transition Network's (NCTN) own Silja Kallenbach and Cynthia Zafft, Scott Emerick from the YouthBuild USA - Postsecondary Education Initiative and Patricia Phillips from North Carolina’s Davidson County Community College shared through dialogue and video clips the reform strategies and models aimed at promoting the college and career readiness of young adults. NCTN Director, Ellen Hewett, moderated the forum.

View the recording from this series of webinars by opening this link. Webinar slides can also be accessed here.

Collaborating to Expand Business and Community Partnerships

How can educators, business and city leaders work together to impact students' abilities to complete college and build careers? Read about how 11 cities and community college sites met to strategize on this issue. Explore the ideas that emerged including enlisting business experts to teach courses aligned to workforce needs.

 

The Design Challenge: How might we fully engage business and community stakeholders to address community college student completion and employability?

Corporate Voices for Working Families

A Unique Voice Bridging Business and Policy to Shape the Competitiveness of the Workforce and Workplace

Corporate Voices for Working Families, a leading non-profit buisness membership organization, engages the business community in advancing postsecondary education completion and workforce readiness training through its Learn and Earn initiative. This initiative seeks to identify, promote and encourage innovative partnerships between employers and community colleges to help low-income young adults earn a living while continuing their education. This work is made possible by the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its Postsecondary Success Strategy.

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