California Forward
We wrap up the biggest story in the efforts to close California’s skills gap and why it’s imperative to keep it up in 2016.
read moreBoard of Governors approves list of 25 recommendations to reform the Colleges workforce training programs
read moreOp-ed: “Skills gap” is threatening California’s economic growth and keeping people in poverty.
read moreEmployers concerned about filling open jobs with skilled workers and community college faculty came to hear about task force’s new recommendations to boost workforce development in California.
read moreLaunchpath connects regional employers with high school and community college students to give them a leg up in the competition for jobs and gives a boost to the local workforce.
read moreGroup formed to craft strategies for boosting California’s workforce via the California Community College system submitted their final recommendations this week.
read moreGetting students, counselors and colleges on the same path that connects courses with actual, in-demand careers is critical to the future of the California workforce.
read moreFor California to develop the workforce necessary to remain globally competitive, employers must be given ways to play a larger role in the state’s workforce training system, the California Economic Summit emphasized in a letter to the task force charged with making community colleges more responsive to the state’s economy.
read moreCalifornia 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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