Today's Realities—Tomorrow's Workforce: Addressing Region 7's Rural Workforce Mismatch The rural counties of Region 7, a sub-state area designated by the state of Alabama to address workforce development issues, has yet to fully recover from…
Job shadowing can inspire students and expand their knowledge of job opportunities, so they make better career decisions. This report, one of a series, explores the effective job shadowing model used by Wonderful Agriculture Career…
Students in The Wonderful Company’s Agriculture Career Prep program show impressive gains, as 89% of participating freshman are on track for a college degree. This report, one of a series, offers five key principals to…
Work-based learning helps alleviate a common issue for jobseekers: meeting a “relevant work experience” prerequisite that is hard to gain outside of the workplace. Americans seeking employment often face a conundrum: relevant work experience is…
Scaling Innovation in Community Colleges: A Guide to Action As community colleges look for ways to promote student success, the need for scaling effective approaches is critical. This guide builds on a framework developed in…
This report, one of a series, examines how The Wonderful Company and its partners are using skills mapping to ensure that high school, college, and work-based learning experiences prepare students for high-paying careers in agriculture.…
Acceleration Strategies Series The Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) program is providing nearly $2 billion in funds to build the capacity of our nation’s community colleges. The Department of…
Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways *Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways* encourages state support as colleges use high-quality,…
The Role of Digital Technologies in Deeper Learning To compete in today’s global, knowledge-based, and innovation-centered economy, young people must go beyond a high school diploma and acquire not just academic knowledge, but interpersonal and…