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A New AI Reskilling Push Treats Training Like Infrastructure

The piece is about a new effort to get workers ready for AI-driven job shifts before the shock lands. Former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and former Indiana governor Eric Holcomb are helping launch RAISE US, a nonprofit built around the idea that the country needs a more coordinated response than scattered pilot programs. What I […]

VCC’s Clean Energy Push Shows What a Useful Career Certificate Looks Like

Vancouver Community College is leaning hard into the part of workforce training that usually gets people moving: a direct line between a program and a job need. The school says its new clean energy offerings were built with industry, and the list includes certificates, apprenticeships, and microcredentials that point students toward electric vehicles, refrigeration, building […]

UC’s Co-op Playbook Looks Stronger When the Job Market Gets Weird

University of Cincinnati’s co-op story is worth lingering on because it cuts through the usual noise around a rough graduate job market. The article’s core point is simple: when students leave school with paid, field-specific experience already behind them, they stop reading like pure beginners and start reading like people who can step into work […]

Montana Tech’s New Broadband Micro-Credentials Look Like the Fast Path People Actually Want

Montana Tech’s new broadband micro-credentials are the kind of short-form programs that make immediate sense once you see how tightly they are tied to real work. Highlands College is rolling out focused training in heavy equipment operation, fiber optic splicing, and warehousing, all aimed at broadband infrastructure jobs that are already visible and easy to […]