Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Recommendations for the Trump Administration
Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Recommendations for the Trump Administration The United States needs bold and scalable solutions to harness the enormous untapped talent and potential of all Americans. Economic development and…
Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Transforming the Higher Education Act for Today’s Students and Economy
Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Transforming the Higher Education Act for Today’s Students and Economy While the U.S. economy has certainly improved since the great recession, far too many Americans are still…
Pathways to Tech Careers
JFF, along with partners Per Scholas and General Assembly, is leveraging Per Scholas’ evidence-based training programs to propel young adults into high-need IT jobs. Pathways to Tech Careers is a four-year initiative establishing and expanding…
Four Ways to Increase the Value of Short-Term Credentials: A Guide for Community Colleges
Four Ways to Increase the Value of Short-Term Credentials: A Guide for Community Colleges This report sets out to explore what causes the disconnect between community colleges and employers and offer solutions that would better…
IMT Critical to Growth at Hayes Performance Systems
Hayes has a long history as a manufacturer of motorcycle brakes, and it’s seeking to extend that expertise into other automotive markets. For Hayes to diversify successfully, its workers need to be flexible, nimble, and…
Work-Based Learning Framework
Work-based learning supports a continuum of lifelong learning and skill development for a range of workers and learners—K-12 students, young adults, college students, adult jobseekers, and incumbent workers. Work-based learning looks beyond the classroom to…
Great Lakes College and Career Pathways Partnership
We support Great Lakes communities in building high-quality college and career pathways that equip students—particularly students who have historically been marginalized or underrepresented—to thrive in college, career, and beyond. JFF is helping the communities develop…
Policy Leadership Trust
This select group of education leaders lets experience be their guide in developing state and federal policies that help students attain credentials for greater success in the labor market. In 2015, JFF established The Policy…
Making Opportunities Work for Youth
Adonis, Juan, Rogdericka. Little has been easy for these low-income young people from Boston, Hartford, and New Orleans. But now all three are earning college credentials and finding a permanent path out of poverty. Adonis,…