In this episode, Martha Ross, fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program, and Elizabeth Mann Levesque, fellow with the Brown Center on Education Policy, discuss the important role that community colleges play in putting young adults on a pathway to higher-quality jobs and other strategies for improving economic outcomes for youth from lower-income and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Show notes:
- Pathways to high-quality jobs for young adults
- Improving community college completion rates by addressing structural and motivational barriers
- Event: Pathways to high-quality jobs for young adults
- How work-based learning connects students with mentors and experience
- States equip employers to drive apprenticeship
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With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, Fred Dews, Camilo Ramirez, and interns Churon Bernier and Tim Madden for additional support.
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PodcastThe promise of community colleges as pathways to high-quality jobs
November 14, 2018
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