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UpSkill America supports employers and workforce organizations to expand and improve high-quality educational and career advancement opportunities for America’s front-line workers.

UpSkill America, an initiative of the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, supports employers and workforce organizations to expand and improve high-quality educational and career advancement opportunities for America’s front-line workers.

We seek to create a movement of employers, civic organizations, workforce intermediaries, and policymakers working collaboratively to implement education, training, and development strategies that result in better jobs and opportunities for front-line workers, more competitive businesses, and stronger communities.

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ManpowerGroup Offers GEDs to Employees

With prep courses, practice tests, and personal coaching, associates can earn their diploma within weeks.

A woman in a red sleeveless top stands in from of a wall of mathematical equations. Photo credit: Jordan Stead / Amazon.
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Investing in education, training, and development for workers

In a tight labor market, if employers can’t buy talent (through hiring), they have to build it (through upskilling).

A woman stands at the front of a classroom as she speaks to around a dozen individuals who are seated across the room. Photo credit: Jordan Stead / Amazon
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Amazon Pledges $700 Million to Upskill 100,000 Workers

Amazon is focused on creating pathways to careers in areas that will continue growing in years to come.

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Aramark Offers to Cover Employees’ College Tuition

The Aramark Frontline Education Program is part of a $90 million investment in wages, benefits, training, and development.

Panelists speak at "How Do We Create More Quality Jobs?" (Left to right: E.J. Dionne, Demetra Nightingale, Caryn York, Amanda Blondeau, Rick Plympton)
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What’s new at the Economic Opportunities Program, June 2019

Learn how we’re helping low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.

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JetBlue Adds Master’s Degrees to ‘JetBlue Scholars’ Education Program

How JetBlue is helping employees take their education to the skies.

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Walmart Expands Its Upskilling Selection

Walmart is adding new degrees and certificates for $1 a day and giving high school students a bridge into the workforce.

UpSkill America Director Jaime Fall
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What’s new at the Economic Opportunities Program, May 2019

Learn how the Economic Opportunities Program is helping people connect to and thrive in a changing economy.

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Salesforce Pledges to Upskill 500,000 Workers

Through Salesforce’s free online learning platform, anyone can acquire the in-demand tech skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

UpSkill America Director Jaime Fall
Blog Posts Podcasts

Podcast: Providing Opportunity Onramps Through Upskilling

As the labor market tightens, upskilling can help people move into better jobs and help companies create a stronger workforce.

UpSkill America Employer Tools Feedback
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UpSkill America Employer Tools Feedback

Share your thoughts and help us advance the upskilling movement.

Tai Cooper (New Jersey Economic Development Authority) speaks at our event, "Opportunity Zones and the Challenge of Addressing Our Economic Divides."
Blog Posts

What’s new at the Economic Opportunities Program, April 2019

Learn how the Economic Opportunities Program is helping people connect to and thrive in a changing economy.

About UpSkill America

UpSkill America, an initiative of the Economic Opportunities Program, supports employers and workforce organizations to expand and improve high-quality educational and career advancement opportunities for America’s front-line workers.

About the Economic Opportunities Program

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.

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