Elyse Ashburn
Editor at Open Campus
Editor at Work Shift
Editor @Workshiftnews. Writer and analyst on ed + work, former chief of staff at UMBC and journo at CHE. Tweets are my own.
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3 weeks ago |
workshift.org | Elyse Ashburn
Amid persistent labor shortages and changing economic demands, many governors across the country are reinventing their approach to workforce development. But they also still feel hemmed in by what they see as an overly-restrictive federal system.
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1 month ago |
workshift.org | Elyse Ashburn
Pinnacol Assurance isn’t the kind of company most people think about, unless they’re having one of the worst days of their lives. And the worker’s comp industry certainly isn’t on the mind of high school students mapping out their future. Or at least it wouldn’t be if not for Julie Wilmes and the company’s apprenticeship team. Their job is to make Pinnacol a desired destination for Denver’s high school students. And the imperative is strong.
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2 months ago |
workshift.org | Elyse Ashburn |Paul Fain |Colleen Connolly
An aborted federal funding freeze causes confusion among education and job training providers, while the White House still plans to review spending on apprenticeships, WIOA, and workforce training under CHIPS. Also, Augusta Tech’s bid to become an anchor institution for its region’s industrial revival. Education and job training programs aimed at working-class Americans largely have avoided pitched political battles.
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2 months ago |
workshift.org | Elyse Ashburn |Paul Fain |Colleen Connolly
Education and job training programs aimed at working-class Americans largely have avoided pitched political battles. With bipartisan support and relatively modest federal funding, they lack the infotainment appeal to fuel soundbites from lawmakers or arguments on social media. That changed this week with a (now rescinded) memo from the Office of Management and Budget, which ordered a 90-day pause on trillions of dollars in federal grants and assistance.
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Dec 11, 2024 |
workshift.org | Elyse Ashburn
The U.S. Department of Labor has withdrawn an 800-page proposal to update the registered apprenticeship system that was unlikely to stand in the new administration. The rule changes aimed to increase worker protections and quality by requiring better outcomes data, streamlining aspects of the process for creating apprenticeships, and making apprenticeship more compatible with K-12 and college education.
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RT @AlecMacGillis: Quite a headline on WSJ editorial page: https://t.co/5gwJg8qOoV
RT @paulfain: https://t.co/6YMZoOeFzi
Looks like the @UOPX may have a buyer soon. Last winter @paulfain and I talked to them about the university's overhaul and the likely sale to a nonprofit. https://t.co/pXvnS43Cly
SCOOP: UA System-affiliated nonprofit looking at possible purchase of University of Phoenix, @nottalking reports. #arnews https://t.co/xJFysUuGB3
