Opportunity & Development

This blog highlights key takeaways from experts at a recent Future of Work Initiative event, which explored the barriers and opportunities of creating a system that helps, not hinders, lifelong learning.

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Join the upskilling movement UpSkill America is an employer-led movement that promotes training and advancement practices to help workers p

While the Paycheck Protection Program was intended to help small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19, it failed to deliver on its promise.

Richenda Van Leeuwen joined the Aspen Institute as Executive Director of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) in September. She is an ambassador for equitable and inclusive economic development and brings a breadth of knowledge and experience to leading the work of ANDE—a global network that supports the success of small and growing businesses (SGBs) around the world. She spoke with the Institute’s President and CEO, Dan Porterfield, about the importance of ANDE’s work and the impact of investing in SGBs as a method of changemaking.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends ways to support a more equitable education and training system.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends building a jobs and training digital platform and expanding career counseling.

Businesses owned by people of color tend to be in less profitable industries because of the effects of systemic inequality and racism.

We seek to mobilize solutions that can reverse the decades-long decline in job quality and advance our vision of an economy with high-quality jobs that truly works for everyone.