Job seekers, employers and communities all benefited from workforce programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), according to a new report, written by CSW Founder Larry Good, and companion paper, written in part by VP of Business & Community Innovation Taryn MacFarlane. Both pieces were released by the... read more →
Aug
04
Aug
03
By Dr. Keith Bird Last week, I attended a roundtable at the National Governors Association chairs/state liaisons meeting in Louisville centered on credentialing. My presentation set the stage for the Credentials Framework concept we’re currently developing and laid out examples of what states can do to advance this agenda. If... read more →
Jul
31
By Melodee Mabbitt Today, our knowledge and research is more accessible than ever before. We’re proud to announce the launch of our new website, which is organized around the four areas of concentration in our work: Reimagining credentialing in the U.S. It’s time to make competencies – what people know... read more →
Jul
20
By Katie Hall Innovation today depends on technological competence, but requires something more. Leading businesses are discovering the value of teaming engineers, line staff, marketing, and design on particularly vexing problems. Higher education across the U.S. and around the world is pressured to produce a workforce competent not only in... read more →
Jun
20
By Kysha Frazier As we continue working with partners in Grand Rapids, MI to create sustainable economic opportunity, Sarah Klerk and I met with the Grand Rapids Family Economic Security Action Teams on June 12, 14. These community teams are taking the ideas the community brought forth in 2013 and... read more →
Jun
05
by Tamitha Walker McKinnis. CSW is well qualified to conduct a rigorous, quasi-experimental evaluation of your TAACCCT program’s impacts. Our evaluation approach leverages our team’s collective knowledge and experience with community college transformation to support a developmental evaluation approach that assists innovators by providing frequent feedback to program staff to... read more →
Apr
26
by Nina Babich Ed Strong and I participated in an Arizona Town Hall discussion to develop consensus with Arizonans on the topic of Arizona’s Vulnerable Populations. Arizona’s Vulnerable Populations, prepared for the 102nd Arizona Town Hall, is about Arizona’s vulnerable populations. Vulnerable populations are not the “poor,” at least not in the... read more →
Apr
14
Yesterday, CSW joined policy leaders in other organizations in calling upon key stakeholders in our nation's postsecondary education and workforce credentialing system to come together to increase transparency, trust, and portability in the credentialing marketplace. CSW and the other signatories of the Call for a National Conversation on Creating a... read more →
Feb
12
By Kysha Frazier The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is advancing family economic security in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in collaboration with Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) and community stakeholders. This collaboration will involve community members in near south and near west Grand Rapids neighborhoods working together to invest in and act... read more →
Jan
28
By Jeannine La Prad During the last few weeks, I’ve been following as different people and organizations reflected on the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty and observed the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I listened to two panel discussions, Legacies of the War on Poverty,... read more →
Jan
20
The 2014 Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance International symposium, “STEM, STEAM, and Dream: Educating an Imaginative and Skilled Workforce,” will be hosted by Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 2nd and will be facilitated through the support of the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce. The theme for... read more →
Jan
18
By Debbie Charlton. At CSW, we're committed to helping others embrace sustainable economic, social, and environmental vitality as the foundation for a thriving future. Sustainability is something we don't just talk about with our partners and clients. It is something we do everyday. At our headquarters in Ann Arbor, we have a... read more →