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Sep 22

Advising Models: A Student Researcher’s Findings from the Learner-Centered Benchmarking Project

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 their success in college. This creates a need for colleges to more regularly incorporate student voice in defining success metrics... read more →
Sep 16
Sep 14

When Students Define Success: A Student Researcher’s Experience at the NCPN Conference

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 their success in college. This creates a need for colleges to more regularly incorporate student voice in defining success metrics... read more →
Aug 03

CSW Welcomes Katya Nekrasova as Business Development Manager

CSW is proud to announce the addition of Katya Nekrasova as our Business Development Manager! In her new role, Katya supports CSW's organizational growth and fundraising efforts by advancing business development strategies, strengthening proposal and grant processes, and aligning CSW’s products and services with funder and field priorities. She... read more →
Jul 21

A Trauma-Informed Action Planning Tool for Improving Workplace Culture

Organizations increasingly recognize the importance of creating workplace cultures where staff feel safe, valued, connected, and supported, yet many organizations struggle to identify specific policies and practices that achieve these cultural goals. While training and professional development can build awareness and inspire new ideas, organizations often need practical tools and structured... read more →
Jul 07

Same Goals, Different Measures: The Hidden Challenge in Workforce Systems

Across the workforce development sector, many organizations use the term placement to describe a key program goal. It is a powerful term. It signals economic inclusion, and in ideal circumstances, economic mobility. Yet even this shared term exists alongside a patchwork of definitions that shape how services are delivered, who qualifies for support, and how success is measured. Placement seems... read more →
Jun 29
May 19

What is LMI? How Labor Market Information Can Boost Data-Informed Decision Making

Every workforce development decision requires a “bet” on current labor market conditions and future trends. Without customized, regional, or population-specific data and evidence, these bets rely on perception, intuition, or incomplete information, which can slow momentum, misdirect resources, and reinforce inequities. Labor market information (LMI) is one of the... read more →
May 04

Making Career Pathways Work: Tools for Designing Quality Jobs and Economic Mobility

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, including those in production and retail, fall short of what defines a quality job: one that provides family-sustaining wages, access... read more →
Apr 21

Workforce Benchmarking Network (WBN) National Survey Receives Funding for Platform Modernization

April 21, 2026. New York, New York: Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is upgrading the Workforce Benchmarking Network (WBN) National Survey platform from a limited use, manual database into a scalable, Salesforce-based learning infrastructure. These changes will drive continuous improvement... read more →
Mar 26

17 New York City Workforce Organizations Selected for 2026 Workforce Benchmarking Network (WBN) Cohort

JPMorganChase and Pinkerton Foundation Grants Support Data Capacity and Systems Improvement Across NYC’s Workforce Ecosystem New York, NY — March 26, 2026 — Seventeen New York City workforce development organizations have been selected to participate in the 2026 - 2027 Workforce Benchmarking Network (WBN) NYC Cohort, a citywide initiative designed to strengthen program performance, close equity gaps, and improve long-term economic outcomes for... read more →