The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.
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Displaying What We Do: Community & Family Prosperity
On the Ascend blog, Dr. Joan Lombardi and Rachel Schumacher examine early childhood and maternal education, noting that the moment is ripe to bring the two together.
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The Ascend Promising Programs Profiles include a range of promising programs from across the United States that operate along the two-generation continuum: parent-child; child-parent; and whole-...
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Economic Opportunities Program
America’s 21st century competitiveness depends on a workforce that can contribute up-to-date skills, which is why Skills for America’s Future believes worker training and development is one of the...
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Economic Opportunities Program
In an increasingly competitive global economy, America’s economic strength depends on the education and skills of its workers. Skills for America’s Future, an employer-led initiative of the Aspen...
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Blog Post | February 4, 2013 | Nayna Sasidharan
In the sixth installation of the Aspen Institute's Reinventing Low-Wage series: Ideas That Can Work for Employees, Employers and the Economy, a panel of experts convened to speak about Home...
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Blog Post | February 4, 2013 | Jeff Harris
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it's turning out to be one of the busiest at the Aspen Institute. Here is a taste of what we have coming up and some great opportunties to engage...
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Video | February 7, 2013
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...
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Video | February 4, 2013
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...
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Event | February 1, 2013 |
Washington, DC
Economic Opportunities Program
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...
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