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Nov 18

Supporting Manufacturing & Advanced Automation Careers in Iowa

Launching the SMART Iowa Project In October 2023, CSW and our partner Hawkeye Community College launched the Scaling Manufacturing and Renewables Training in Iowa (SMART Iowa) project, a five-year initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. As Northeast Iowa’s manufacturing industry transitions towards sustainable transportation, there is... read more →

November 18, 2024
Blog, Federal, State, & Local Systems Change

Oct 30

Will AI Take My Job? A Youth Perspective

The advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI[1]) and increasing automation fueled by machine learning is poised to transform the workforce landscape. This shift will have a particularly strong impact on entry-level and lower-skilled occupations often filled by youth and young adults just entering the workforce. As these advanced technologies... read more →

October 30, 2024
Blog, Federal, State, & Local Systems Change

Oct 23

CSW Welcomes Amanda Winters to Board of Directors

CSW is proud to welcome Amanda Winters to the Board of Directors. Amanda Winters serves as Program Director for Postsecondary Education at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. In this role, she oversees a team that supports governors offices and state policy makers on issues that connect postsecondary... read more →

October 23, 2024
Hiring, News

Oct 01

PEER Academy Cohort Participants Announced

Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 1, 2024: Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) and the New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals (NYATEP), with support from the Ballmer Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, are partnering to deliver the inaugural cohort of a labor market information (LMI) academy,... read more →

October 1, 2024
News, Research & Evaluation

Sep 24

New Report: Strategically Messaging Equity as a Postsecondary & Workforce Imperative

The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) landscape in the U.S. is changing fast. With anti-DEI court cases, politics, and activist movements on the rise, organizations are being pushed to rethink how they advance equity, especially racial equity. This is particularly true for... read more →

September 24, 2024
Blog, Competencies & Credentials, Racial Equity & Inclusion

Aug 20

Keeping the Momentum: Community Colleges Continue Their Commitment to Advancing Equity

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 legislation, leading many employers to dial back—or completely eliminate—these initiatives. ACE-UP, with generous funding from Lumina Foundation, provides members with... read more →

August 20, 2024
Blog, Competencies & Credentials, Racial Equity & Inclusion

Jul 31

Successes and Lessons Learned from the A2B4Equity Pilot Project

Increasingly, colleges, states, and foundations are seeking and adopting innovative strategies to support adult students earning postsecondary credentials. One promising strategy is the credit hour Ability to Benefit (ATB) provision in the federal student financial aid program. In the credit hour ATB provision, adult students who have not yet... read more →

July 31, 2024
Blog, Federal, State, & Local Systems Change

Jun 18

PEER Academy, a Labor Market Information (LMI) Training Cohort, Announced

Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 18, 2024: Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) and the New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals (NYATEP), with support from the Ballmer Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, are partnering to deliver the inaugural cohort of a labor market information (LMI) academy,... read more →

June 18, 2024
News, Research & Evaluation

Jun 10

Request for Proposals: Trauma & Resilience Consultants

CSW is specifically seeking qualified consultants to contract with CSW in response to the DESC RFP for Trauma and Resilience Consultant Services 2024. CSW is seeking expertise related to trauma, healing, resilience, and equity in the following areas: professional development training (virtual, in-person, and/or hybrid); organizational assessment and coaching;... read more →

June 10, 2024
Hiring, News, Research & Evaluation

May 16

Racial Trauma & Mental Health for People of Color in the Workplace

Scrolling through Instagram recently, I came across a reel that was both triggering and validating for me as a Black woman. The creator of the reel was also a Black woman, sharing the experience of losing her job when she "stopped looking happy" in the office. I was immediately... read more →

May 16, 2024
Blog, Racial Equity & Inclusion, Trauma & Resilience at Work

Apr 16

Funders’ Unique Role in Advancing Equity Through Workforce Philanthropy

When workforce development policy was linked to poverty in the 20th century, job training policies and programs became increasingly remedial in nature, reinforcing an American myth that poverty was a choice, the result of individual decisions. More recently. workforce policies have increasingly promoted a “work-first” approach (reframing program participants... read more →

April 16, 2024
Blog, Improving Practices & Outcomes

Apr 03

Navigating the Future of Work: Insights from SXSW Panels

CSW Senior Policy Associates Devin Corrigan and Chris Shannon recently attended the 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals in Austin, Texas. While typically known as a showcase for music, film, and tech advances, SXSW is also a melting pot of cross-sector innovation and forecasting. This was the... read more →

April 3, 2024
Blog, Federal, State, & Local Systems Change, Improving Practices & Outcomes