Tennessee SySTEM Dual Enrollment Work-Based Courses
The Tennessee SySTEM grant supports the implementation of dual enrollment work-based courses, which combine dual enrollment credit and work-based learning through an employer partner, to better support the advancement of Black and Latine students, students…
Student Success Center Network (SSCN)
This national network scales proven practices to help more than 4.5 million students earn credentials that lead to well paying jobs. Nearly half of U.S. community colleges are connected to the Student Success Center Network.…
Lone Star STEM
Lone Star STEM supports the implementation of college and career pathways in computer science and cybersecurity to develop a diverse talent pipeline of future tech workers. Lone Star STEM supports the implementation of college and…
High Road Training Fund
About the CWDB The overarching goal of California’s Workforce Development Board is the reorientation and realignment of California’s workforce programs and institutions to help build a dynamic and globally successful state economy that offers residents…
How Career and Technical Education Can Provide Today’s Youth With Pathways to College and Career Success
High-quality career and technical education (CTE) programs represent an effective way to provide young adults with an educational experience that prepares them for both college and career success. But not all CTE programs provide accessible…
American Rescue Plan Funds Can Transform Education for Young Adults
The recently passed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides states with an unprecedented opportunity to use federal stimulus funds for innovative new educational programs supporting students who have fallen behind—including the millions of high school…
Providing Support for Community Colleges Now, and a Lever for Transformative Change
With JFF’s support of implementations of the Google IT Support Professional Certificate program, participating community colleges demonstrated that a competency-based curriculum could successfully help low-credentialed adults advance in the IT sector. With JFF’s support of…
Nonprofits Offer a Road Map for Colleges Implementing the Google IT Certificate Program
This brief offers a look at actionable strategies developed by nonprofit organizations that community colleges can follow to increase learner retention, completion, and job placement rates through short-term and online workforce training models. This brief…
State Policy Road Map for an Equitable Economic Recovery
In response to historic inequities that have only been exacerbated during times of crisis, JFF urges policymakers to think about COVID-19 recovery differently. This recovery must be equitable, with a vision that ensures systemic transformation,…