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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

There is growing consensus that increasing educational attainment increases economic prosperity, and many states and regions are considering making needed investments in talent development in line with economic development priorities. But in what ways can educational attainment drive economic growth? And what does that mean for talent and economic development... read more →