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Feb 21

CSW’s 2022 In Review

At Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, our mission is to catalyze change in educational and labor market systems and to increase economic mobility, particularly for people of color and others historically excluded from opportunities for success. Over the course of 2022, CSW had the privilege to work on more than... read more →
Feb 03

CSW Announces the Worker-Centered Benchmarking Project with Annie E. Casey Foundation

Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 3, 2023: With generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) is launching the Worker Centered Benchmarking Project (WCBP) focused on rethinking how workforce program success is defined, developing new metrics reflective of this definition, and issuing recommendations to providers... read more →
Jan 24

ACE-UP Participants Announced

Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 24, 2023: Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), with support from Lumina Foundation, is convening forward-thinking community colleges and their industry partners in a first of-its-kind community of practice, Advancing Community Equity and Upward Mobility (ACE-UP). ACE-UP seeks to address growing postsecondary and labor market disparities... read more →
  • January 24, 2023
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Jan 18

CSW Welcomes President & CEO, Kysha Wright Frazier

As 2023 begins, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce is entering a new era. At the conclusion of 2022, co-founder, President & CEO Larry Good entered retirement, paving the way for new leadership. As of January 1, 2023, Kysha Wright Frazier has assumed the role of President & CEO. Formerly the... read more →
  • January 18, 2023
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Dec 21

Our Trauma & Resilience Team Intern Reflects on His Time with CSW

Written by Aaron Cadayong Content warning: topics of suicide are discussed I didn’t anticipate my internship with Corporation for a Skilled Workforce would fuel my passion for reducing the rate of suicide in the United States, but my work with CSW proved to me that opportunities to do impactful work... read more →
  • December 21, 2022
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Dec 20
Dec 02

Now Hiring: Three Senior Policy Associates

Join the team! CSW is seeking three Senior Policy Associates to join our team. We are hiring one Senior Policy Associate for each of the following strategy areas: Competencies & Credentials Federal, State, & Local Systems Change Improving Practices & Outcomes Access the job descriptions for all three positions below,... read more →
  • December 2, 2022
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Nov 28

Travis Reid Joins CSW as Vice President of Operations & Strategy

Travis Reid is joining Corporation for a Skilled Workforce on December 5, 2022, as our new Vice President of Operations and Strategy. Travis is a strategic and collaborative leader with nearly 20 years experience providing expertise as a practitioner in workforce development, education, and economic development. In his new role,... read more →
  • November 28, 2022
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Nov 10

California Prioritizes Innovation and Evaluation

In 2014, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce was asked by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) to help conceptualize an innovative new initiative to promote regional strategies aimed at placing California residents in well-paid growth sector jobs. The effort was driven by the theory that employers offering such jobs tended... read more →
  • November 10, 2022
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Oct 25

Michigan Justice Fellow Gerry Ackerman Details Difficulties for Formerly Incarcerated

[vc_custom_heading text="Author" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000000" google_fonts="font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal"]Gerry Ackerman is a current graduate student at Eastern Michigan University in the Masters of Social Work program and a participant in the Returning Citizen Fellowship program, Engage. Gerry is a current Michigan Justice Fellow, an internship program for residents directly impacted by the criminal... read more →
  • October 25, 2022
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Oct 24