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As of May 2016, the Institute’s work related to employer engagement and workforce development and education occurs under the auspices of the Economic Opportunities Program and its Workforce Strategies Initiative. Additionally, Upskill America, an initiative of the Economic Opportunities Program and an important legacy of Skills for America’s Future, continues to highlight employer efforts to invest in the skills and economic opportunities of workers.
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future, a long-time partner of the Aspen Institute, has assumed the Skills for America’s Future brand. Under this umbrella, Skills for America’s Future aims to replicate the Skills for Chicagoland’s Future model in regions around the country. More information of this effort can be found here.
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This publication examines how fragmented skills, credentialing, and workforce data systems limit the potential of skills-based hiring and advancement, and outlines a shared vision for building the interoperable infrastructure needed to create a connected skills ecosystem that benefits workers, employers, educators, and governments.
Economic security shouldn’t be a lottery. Yet for millions of working families, stagnant wages and precarious jobs collide with the daily grind of managing money on shaky ground — leaving stability feeling less like a plan and more like a gamble. Fixing that takes more than one lever. It takes structural reform and the tools people need to take control of their financial lives, working together.
This resource is designed to help colleges and universities become more employer-friendly and build the kind of institutional capacity that sustains and grows partnerships while simultaneously better serving working learners. It offers role-specific guidance for leaders across the institution, a self-assessment spanning five domains of practice, and a process for turning results into action, grounded in the conviction that institution/employer partnerships can become easier without compromising academic missions.
