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“Enrollment in non-credit programs in some states is outpacing credit enrollment” - Laura Ullrich offers deep analysis from the Richmond Fed region. This report further highlights the need to create one system (not credit vs. non-credit).

As trades workers continue to retire, large gaps are left for critically needed qualified workforce replacements. The middle skills gap is real.

Lots of buzz around short-term Pell--shorthand for expanding the Pell Grant to shorter-term programs. But an important detail is being lost in the fervor to pass short-term Pell bills. As it turns out, short-term Pell already exists! We already spend nearly $6 BILLION a year on programs as short as 15 weeks long through the Pell program. What policymakers seek to pass is very, very, VERY short-term Pell for programs only 8 to 14 weeks in length. What we know about the mixed history of existing short-term Pell and the poor outcomes of 8-14 week programs should give policymakers pause in moving full steam ahead on passing 8-week Pell. Multiple guardrails will be critical along with better ways to fund workforce development than vouchers. Read my latest here https://lnkd.in/e-KERqcS

18 colleges to receive funding in latest round of SCCT grants -- Eighteen community colleges will share $65 million through the fifth round of the U.S. Department of Labor's Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants program. https://lnkd.in/dKZTBqKQ

Though there is much more work to do given the growing skilled trades gap, I am buoyed by the emerging potential of Gen Z becoming known as the "toolbelt generation." Now is the moment to mash the pedal down even harder on efforts to highlight the value and viability of lifelong careers in the skilled trades while combatting decades-old stigmas associated with those paths. Let's also deeply acknowledge the reality that there would be no Internet, smartphones, dancing robots, or AI — let alone all of the built world things we rely upon to live and work each day — without skilled tradespeople. In a world of interpretation, spin, and misinformation, that is a fact. #skilledtrades #bluecollarjobs #energy #manufacturing #construction #workforcedevelopment #careerpaths

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Struggling colleges cut majors Faced with rising costs, colleges across America are having to cut certain courses and majors. With COVID relief money gone and fewer students entering college directly from high school, many higher educational facilities are being forced into budget cuts, resulting in students who applied to specific schools for certain majors finding they are no longer offered. The added complication of applying for financial aid with the revamped-but-more-complicated FAFSA application has not helped student numbers return to normal — and a relatively strong job market is also luring some high school students straight into work, rather than continued education.

Join me in signing the petition below and sharing it far and wide. This summer, the government announced a 5.5% pay rise for school teachers. This is well-deserved and long overdue. However, at present this pay rise does not extend to FE teachers. Teachers in colleges?are crucial for providing young people and adults learners with the opportunity to grow and upskill, and play a particularly important role in helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds to catch up and reach their potential. Twice the proportion of students from low-income backgrounds attend colleges than school sixth forms. Over one-in-two for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds leave school without English and maths each year, and most go on to retake at a college. The sector, therefore, has a vital role to play in narrowing the country’s enduring disadvantage gap. All teachers deserve to be paid fairly for their hard work supporting our young people. A petition calling on the Government to resolve this pay disparity and recognise the valuable contribution of FE teachers has gathered nearly 10,000 signatures. Help us reach this next milestone by adding your name: https://lnkd.in/eVGEUymr?

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?????”Often, colleges receive funds by entering a contract with a local workforce board. The process begins with local workforce development agencies identifying key trades or certifications that are in high demand among their community. Then the board picks an approved training provider and contracts with them to train a set number of workers. But for years, jumping through the hoops required to make that eligibility list kept many underresourced community colleges from receiving those contracts and federal funds.” (J. Blake) Read more??. https://lnkd.in/gvAvMfyR