Lifelong Learning

Task Force: Future of California economy depends on funding middle-skill job education
 150 150 John Guenther
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California group looking at closing skills gap tackles the puzzle of boosting funding for career technical education and how to get community colleges to align the courses so students and industry don’t get the runaround.

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California’s workforce fuels nation-leading creative economy
 150 150 Tracy Hudak
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Reports recommend increased funding and creative industry career pathways created by workforce development, higher education and private sectors.

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California community college combats Latino higher education gap
 150 150 Nadine Ono
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Santa Rosa Junior College programs create clearer pathways into post-secondary programs for local high school students.

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Jobs tour reveals stories inside California’s millennial workforce problem
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Nonprofit talked about job prospects with young Californians, expected to represent 50 percent of the workforce by 2025

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Central Valley focuses on retaining and growing manufacturing jobs
 150 150 Jim Mayer
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Manufacturers gathered with the public sector to partner up on cultivating a strong workforce and more alignment to keep manufacturing in California

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Report: California millennials fall behind in job market
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Higher unemployment and lower wages affecting opportunity for young Californians to become part of 21st century workforce.

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California labor leader lends voice to task force working to close skills gap
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Boosting CTE funding and creating more work-based learning at community colleges are two recommendations from John Brauer

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Agricultural company invests in education to tackle Central Valley workforce problem
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Program gets high school students college degree and exposure to working in the regional agricultural industry as soon as they graduate.

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