In this episode, we invite you to listen in on a Workforce Futures Initiative (WFI) event from February 2023. WFI is a collaboration between the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Harvard Kennedy School Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy that analyzes the latest research on various aspects of the workforce development system to inform policy at the federal, state, and local levels.

In this event, Brent Orrell is joined by leading workforce experts Harry Holzer, Greg Wright, and Rachel Lipson to discuss the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), sector-based training programs, community colleges and their connection to the workforce, and labor market data information. 

Mentioned in the Episode

Workforce Futures Initiative

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Harry Holzer

Greg Wright

Rachel Lipson

Year Up

Per Scholas

Project Quest

CHIPS Act

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Community College Program

Good Jobs Challenge

Social Innovation Fund

Matt Sigelman, Burning Glass Institute

Julia Lane, NYU

Rich Hendra, MDRC

ASAP program, CUNY

Anne Kress, Northern Virginia Community College

Harry Holzer 2020 report on short-term postsecondary certificate programs

Higher Ed Act

Larry Katz, Harvard University