Colleges often define student success by commonly used metrics like grades, attendance, and retention as well as metrics associated with their strategic planning, without considering how students themselves define... read more →
Colleges often define student success by commonly used metrics like grades, attendance, and retention, as well as metrics associated with their strategic planning, without considering how students themselves define... read more →
Picture this: a student walks into a community college advisor's office wanting a better job, a path forward, and is willing to put in the work. But that student... read more →
For years, Michigan’s agriculture and food system has depended on workers, including migrant and seasonal farmworkers, to keep fields productive and supply chains moving. Yet, many food system jobs,... read more →
Preparing students for today’s workforce is not as simple as helping them finish a degree or earn a credential. To really move the needle on students’ career success, colleges... read more →
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an umbrella concept encompassing a range of strategies designed to level the playing field in education and the workforce. At its core, DEI... read more →
Across the United States, millions of Americans continue to encounter barriers which limit... read more →
The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) landscape in the U.S. is changing fast. With anti-DEI court cases, politics, and activist movements on... read more →
Since the start of the Advancing Community Equity & Upward Mobility (ACE-UP) community of practice, DEI efforts across the workforce landscape have been limited by court rulings and new... read more →
Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 25, 2024: Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) has received $550,000 from Lumina Foundation to extend the Advancing Community Equity for Upward Mobility (ACE-UP) community... read more →
The Advancing Community Equity and Upward Mobility (ACE-UP) Community of Practice convenes fifteen community colleges and their industry partners to enable peer sharing around common goals and challenges. The... read more →
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) has had the good fortune to work recently with a set of passionate community college leaders and their industry partners who are striving to... read more →