Last month, Virginia became the 13th state to remove unnecessary degree requirements for hard-to-fill roles in state government. This trend of tearing the “paper ceiling” is being implemented by Democratic and Republican leaders alike, and speaks...
NEW ORLEANS — Any effort to measure the value of education and training is sure to face serious blowback. So it’s not surprising that the core message from groups behind a project to gauge the quality and economic payoff of...
Having a college degree doesn’t automatically make a candidate more qualified for every role, particularly roles that are skills-focused. Anyone who’s been actively involved in hiring and developing talent knows that in a practical sense, but in the...
It was the summer of 2014 when it hit me. At the time, I was leading Gallup’s education and workforce development practice and we had just gotten on our hands on the most insight-rich dataset on college graduates ever. We learned that the ‘magic’ of...
Evidence from Colorado and Ohio
Federal, state, and local initiatives have encouraged education and training providers to build stackable credentials, a series of postsecondary credentials that can be earned over time and that build on each...
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today signed an executive order which builds upon Ohio's nation-leading efforts to be a model employer in skill-based hiring practices. The skill-based hiring movement focuses on specific coursework, skills...
The labor market needs education to evolve. That’s where CTE comes in
By Anthony P. Carnevale — April 28, 2023
For the last several decades, our educational system has been carefully molded to usher students from prekindergarten to college. Our...
STANFORD, CA and PRINCETON, NJ (April 17, 2023) —The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and ETS today announced a new partnership designed to radically transform education assessment across the United States. In collaboration with...
The Alabama Talent Triad is in pilot mode, engaging employers now. The objective: enrich the triad with skills-based jobs, applying an intentional focus on manufacturing and healthcare sectors. Using the skills-based job description generator makes...
On his first full day in office, Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, signed his first executive order, removing a four-year degree requirement for tens of thousands of state government jobs.
Shapiro — who took the oath of office on Tuesday with Lt. Gov...