JFF in the News

Ways To Create Good Jobs For A Stronger Economy

October 13, 2011, Campaign for America's Future

One proposal offered by Marlene Seltzer, president and CEO of Jobs for the Future, was for "The National Fund for Work Force." It would have two major goals: "create career advancement for low-wage jobs" and "provide a pipeline for training those workers." Seltzer said that for every $1 that comes from the National Fund, $4 would be produced at the regional level.

High Schools Under More Pressure to Report College Data

October 6, 2011, Education Week

In its report, Jobs For the Future joins College Summit and the DQC in asking that states not only track postsecondary information and make it public, but include it in their accountability systems.

Early College High Schools

September 29, 2011, District Administration

About 86 percent of early college high school graduates in 2009 went on to some form of postsecondary education, according to Jobs for the Future, a Boston-based nonprofit that is spearheading a national Early College High School Initiative.

Design Principles for Early College High School

September 29, 2011, District Administration

Creating an early college high school can help overcome academic barriers for low-income, minority and at-risk students. Joel Vargas, vice president of the High School Through College, a national Jobs for the Future program, and LaVonne Sheffield, associate vice president for Early College Expansion at JFF, believe the program should be expanded across the nation because today’s pupils need to have the advanced skills, content knowledge and learning strategies to be successful in a rapidly changing job market.

JFF links colleges to real-time jobs data

September 24, 2011, Community College Spotlight – The Hechinger Report

With up-to-date labor market data, community colleges will be able to align training to employers’ needs in their regions, reports Jobs for the Future. The Credentials that Work initiative…

Hidalgo Sets Sail

September 23, 2011, American Educator

This article is adapted with permission from College Success for All: How the Hidalgo Independent School District Is Adopting Early College as a District-wide Strategy, published by Jobs for the Future. To read the full report, go to www.jff.org/sites/default/#les/college_success_for_all.pdf.

Real-Time Labor-Market Data Will Help 2-Year Colleges Determine Program Needs

September 22, 2011, Chronicle of Higher Education

Jobs for the Future, a Boston-based nonprofit group that studies education and work-force issues, has begun a project, called “Credentials That Work,” that will allow community colleges to obtain up-to-date information about the hiring and skills needs of local employers.

Real-Time Labor Market Data for Community Colleges

September 22, 2011, Inside Higher Ed

Jobs for the Future has begun a program that provides community colleges with up-todate information about the hiring and skill needs of local employers. Dubbed "Credentials That Work," the initiative uses new technology that can aggregate and analyze online job ads.

Guest Post: Investing In Innovation

September 20, 2011, Accelerating Achievement

Today’s post comes from Michael Collins, associate vice president of postsecondary state policy at Jobs for the Future. JFF leads DEI’s state policy initiative by supporting policy teams in CT, FL, NC, OH, TX, and VA, who are implementing the three-pronged Developmental Education Initiative State Policy strategy.

Jobs for the Future Launches Credentials that Work

September 19, 2011, Getting Smart

Jobs for the Future (JFF) launched today Credentials that Work, a new initiative intended to transform how postsecondary institutions align occupational training programs with local economies through real-time technologies that provide labor market information.

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