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“We’ve got a 88% placement rate six months after graduation” Bryan Albrecht points to success in job placement for his students through partnerships with business, but points out the challenges his...
Topics: Training and Placing Workers in the Skilled Trades 
“The short answer is no.” Jim Ryan says this is a solvable problem and businesses are beginning to see the supply chain challenge as a matter of competitiveness.
Topics: Training and Placing Workers in the Skilled Trades 
“We are asking students to be venture capitalists.” Peter Cappelli describes how poorly employers have done in predicting what they want. Students are left guessing where to target their studies....
Topics: Training and Placing Workers in the Skilled Trades 
Jim Ryan, Yonnie Leung, and Bryan Albrecht respond.
Topics: Training and Placing Workers in the Skilled Trades 
Peter Cappelli, Bryan Albrecht and Yonnie Leung respond.
Topics: Training and Placing Workers in the Skilled Trades 
In conflict areas around the globe, the best diplomatic efforts still often leave communities torn by patterns of distrust. Can the arts help to transcend prejudice and enable understanding and...
How are the arts, arts education, and creativity best supported in 21st century America? As citizens, how can we use our voices and resources to shape culture and education? Charles Best (Founder...
Topics: Arts, Arts Education 
For a number of years, employers have expressed concerns about the Skills Gap – the perceived lack of qualified employees to fill the positions that employers have available. Employers in the...
Domestic workers--those that are employed in our homes to care for children, elderly and the disabled as well as perform a variety of other duties, such as cooking and cleaning--are critical to our...
Topics: reinventing low wage, eop 
Roundtable featuring the Honorable Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs, in conversation with New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger
