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The "Apprenticeships and Community Colleges: Do They Have a Future Together" report written by the American Enterprise Institute describes the state of apprenticeships in the nation, and defines the obstacles facing community colleges in...

According to the Wells Fargo/Gallup survey, small businesses report that their primary challenge is hiring and retaining qualified staff. To tackle this issue, policymakers increasingly promote work-based learning (WBL). WBL generally combines...

Describes learned lessons from a promising workforce development partnership between a community college and a Certified Nursing Assistants training provider to create access to college-credit level prerequisite courses.

Highlights roundtable participant discussions of workforce innovations and practices that hold the most promise and challenges for ensuring an effective U.S. workforce system and policy.

Analyzes national and state-level data on apprenticeship cancellation rates, as well as findings from multiple field interviews about why some apprentices achieve journey-level status while others cancel out of apprenticeship programs.

The factsheet examines Registered Apprenticeship's (RA) role in supporting young adults, addressing barriers, and promoting career opportunities. The resource highlights metrics on youth engagement in RA which reveal persistent inequities. The...

The American Apprenticeship Initiative implementation study aims to document the design and operation of grantee apprenticeship programs; identify potentially promising practices and perceived challenges that can inform policy and program design;...

Young people confront many obstacles as they transition from school to work. Registered apprenticeship provides an opportunity for youth to learn valuable occupational skills while earning wages and can help reduce the challenges they face when...

This report presents findings from the outcomes study of the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) evaluation. It examines the characteristics, reasons for enrollment, program experiences, and post-program outcomes of AAI apprentices and...

Spotlights two pre-apprenticeship-to-apprenticeship training programs in Philadelphia and New Orleans that target opportunity youth (youth who are neither working nor engaged in education); and uses these programs to highlight key strategies that...