September 16, 2020
Exposing young people to strategic, door-opening, early college courses ... can set them on their way to their first professional credential.
JFF’s Kyle Hartung in “What Will the Workforce Look Like for Gen Z?”
JFF Associate Vice President Kyle Hartung was recently interviewed for an EdTech Focus on K-12 article about the changing labor market and the need to prepare Generation Z students for the future of work.
The article discussed new initiatives that school districts are launching to ensure that students are college- and career-ready, and shared Hartung’s observation that early college programs can be beneficial.
“Exposing young people to strategic, door-opening, early college courses in a particular field can set them on their way to their first professional credential with value in the labor market, without limiting their future educational or career aspirations,” he told EdTech.
Seeing a need across the industry, Treehouse has developed a business model from placing underrepresented workers into tech apprenticeships.
JFF college intern Isabel Present shares the experiences of undergraduates like her who have found creative ways to persevere as COVID-19 changes the course of their educations and their lives