Workforce Recovery
Podcast: How Workforce Education at Community Colleges Can Contribute to Pandemic Recovery
In this podcast, WestEd's Jenna Terrell and CCRC's Maria Cormier discuss how the community colleges they are studying are developing programs and supports to serve their workforce students as they emerge from the COVID pandemic.
How Can States Better Align Statewide Economic and Workforce Programs to Boost Their Impact? Lessons From Virginia
Researchers at CCRC are examining two workforce programs in Virginia to better understand how well these state-funded economic development investments leverage each other and how they can generate more equitable college attainment and labor market outcomes for individuals and communities.
Introducing the Student Advisory Group for Virginia Workforce Recovery: A Partnership to Strengthen G3
CCRC's first-ever formal student advisory group will incorporate the perspectives and experiences of students into the research on G3, Virginia Community College's workforce recovery initiative. The new Student Advisory Group will also provide feedback on research design and initial findings and participate in disseminating the findings.
FastForward and Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3): System-Wide Strategies for Helping Adults Access Training and Earn Credentials
Maria S. Cormier, Ariel Deutsch, and Betsy L. Tessler explore two Virginia Community College System programs for helping adults earn credentials that improve their labor market prospects and provide on-ramps to further education: FastForward and Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3).
