Along with the Walmart Foundation and The Aspen Institute, we’re proud to announce the launch of Reimagine Retail, a new initiative to promote job quality and advancement for millions of retail workers nationwide. The initiative is part of a $100 million, five-year commitment by Walmart and the Walmart Foundation to... read more →
Apr
14
Mar
23
Detroit continues to be in the spotlight for its progress on issues that have long plagued the city. Over the past decade of working closely with key Detroit workforce providers and employers, and more recently with Mayor Duggan’s new Office of Workforce Development, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce has seen... read more →
Feb
11
CSW and the Workforce Benchmarking Network (WBN) are pleased to release a Data Update to our 2013 report, Apples to Apples: Making Data Work for Community-Based Workforce Development Programs. The 2013 report summarized themes from the analysis of aggregate program data for 332 programs operated by 200 organizations between 2006 and... read more →
Jan
19
Signs of rejuvenation are clear in Detroit, just one year after emerging from bankruptcy. Over the past decade of working closely with key Detroit workforce providers and employers, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce has seen this turnaround first hand. Since our founding 25 years ago, CSW has been partnering with... read more →
Jan
14
Michigan is positioned to be the global design and manufacturing center for the electrified industries of today and tomorrow. The state has always been a leader in making things and making things work. It’s this innovative spirit that sets Michigan at the forefront of being the Advanced Energy Storage Capital... read more →
Jan
14
TO BE THE GLOBAL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR POWERING THE ELECTRIFIED INDUSTRIES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW. Our Mission: To promote Michigan as a hub for design, engineering, systems integration, component and materials manufacture, and testing of the technologies that will power a sustainable future. Our Approach: To engage and... read more →
Jan
08
Please join us in continuing the national dialogue on building a learning-centered credentialing system. Between January and March 2016 the Connecting Credentials Initiative is hosting a series of interactive webinars featuring credentialing innovations underway across the country. The purpose of these webinars is to increase understanding of the depth and... read more →
Oct
19
As we approach the end of October, with most families settled into their back-to-school routines, it is a good time for leaders in all sectors to be thinking about ways to address the staggering number of young people – estimated at around 5.5 million between the ages of 16 and... read more →
Sep
28
Next year, the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. Throughout our history, we have combined research and action to build a stronger, more resilient workforce. We have consistently been at the center of big conversations about the kinds of policies and programs that can... read more →
Sep
23
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce’s (CSW) Chairman Larry Good and President Jeannine LaPrad are both speakers at an upcoming conference, focused on ways to increase the opportunity for upward mobility for Michigan residents. The conference is on Tuesday, October 20th at the Grand Valley State University campus in Grand Rapids,... read more →
Jun
19
Delegates from the Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance (TA3) met together in Belfast, United Kingdom for the network’s annual symposium and explored how to prepare for the future global economy through employer and educator partnerships. Hosted by the Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Learning, delegates and speakers were treated... read more →
Jun
12
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) is pleased to join Lumina Foundation and more than 40 other organizations spanning business, labor and education in co-sponsoring a national conversation on ways to transform our nation’s highly fragmented credentialing system into one that is student-centered and learning-based. We are all convinced that... read more →