LET’S REINVENT THE CHILD CARE SYSTEM
Lack of child care and partial school openings may prevent many people from returning to work this fall in factories, stores, and offices. Reinventing Child Care in Massachusetts, a webinar [...]
By Kris Clerkin
In Community Colleges, Department of Labor Grants, Reimagining higher education, Uncategorized, Workforce Development
Posted U.S. DOL Releases $40 Million in Grants for Community College Workforce
The U.S. DOL Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced the availability of approximately $40 million in grant funds of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for the [...]
Are Community Colleges Ready to Take on the Recession?
After months of record-breaking and spirit-crushing unemployment, the US has officially entered a recession. But while endless articles have been published on the dire consequences for four-year [...]
Inequality in Higher Education
Education is having a kumbaya moment as the solution to the multiple and profound forms of inequality throughout our society. But while education has a crucial role to play in providing access [...]
By Kris Clerkin
In "Soft" or "human+" skills, Competency frameworks, Competency-based Education (CBE), Competency-based hiring, Competency-based training, Future of work
Posted What is a Competency Framework and Why does Everybody Suddenly Want One?
Let’s begin with a full confession: we are in the competency business, and yet recently found ourselves asking each other: “do you know what people actually mean by ‘competency [...]
