California Forward
Getting 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 moreWrap-up of gathering that brought together problem solvers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors to take on the state’s most intractable social and environmental problems.
read moreMany workers lack not just basic office skills but also essential entrepreneurial and career management skills, say employers looking to hire.
read moreInnovative workforce program links high school students to college to make them career-ready and college-ready in California’s major agricultural region
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.
read moreReports recommend increased funding and creative industry career pathways created by workforce development, higher education and private sectors.
read moreSanta Rosa Junior College programs create clearer pathways into post-secondary programs for local high school students.
read moreNonprofit talked about job prospects with young Californians, expected to represent 50 percent of the workforce by 2025
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