Lifelong Learning

City Leaders Lay Out a Roadmap for Building a Lifelong Learning System

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.

The Path Forward: Support a More Equitable Education and Training System

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

The Path Forward: Build Jobs & Training Digital Platform and Expand Career Counseling

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

The Path Forward: Create Deputy Mayor Position and Establish an Advisory Council for Lifelong Learning

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends creating a Deputy Mayor position and establishing an advisory council for lifelong learning.

Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative and Cognizant U.S. Foundation Release “Building A Lifelong Learning System: A Roadmap for Cities”

Amidst COVID-19 economic recovery, the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative’s new report outlines concrete recommendations for how cities can build a resilient workforce through lifelong learning.

Building a Lifelong Learning System: A Roadmap for Cities

This report outlines strategies for cities to strengthen education and workforce systems to support lifelong learning.

Built in Chicago: “P33 and Other Tech Stakeholders Discuss the Future of Work in Chicago”

The Future of Work Initiative’s recent event on lifelong learning in Chicago, IL was featured in Built in Chicago.

Cognizant U.S. Foundation Awards $1.25 Million to Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative to Support Continuous Learning Systems

The Cognizant U.S. Foundation grant enables research and local gatherings to provide policy solutions for U.S. cities; recommendations to be released in 2020.

Solutions for a Changing Economy: A Report from the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative National Advisory Council

The Future of Work Initiative National Advisory Council’s report, Solutions for a Changing Economy, outlines a set of policy recommendations designed to respond to the challenges around the future of work.

How to Turn Learning Habits into Routines

Julia Coffman explains what we really know about how to learn.