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Work In Progress

The nature of work is changing rapidly and dramatically. Advances in technology are eliminating some jobs, transforming others, and, in some cases, creating jobs we never even imagined. In WorkingNation’s weekly podcast Work in Progress, we speak with leaders in business, education, government, and nonprofits about what’s being done to train and reskill American men and women to ensure they can compete for, and qualify for, good-paying, in-demand jobs today and in the future. Work in Progress is

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Reuben Ogbonna on a tech...

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2021/08/10

Brooklyn-based Marcy Lab School describes itself as an alternative to college. “In one year, you will unlock the skills, the habits, and the network you need to launch a financially-rewarding, purpose-driven career in tech.” As someone who worked in public school education, Reuben Ogbonna, co-founder and executive director, explains the motivation behind creating the Marcy Lab School. “I saw students every year who would go off to college with big dreams and often end up with debt and no

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Todd Zipper on the long-term...

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2021/08/10

“Ultimately to solve the long-term needs of society around skills and jobs and making sure we're at full employment, we think that there needs to be a more ecosystem approach,” explains Todd Zipper, president of Wiley Education Services. In order to have a robust ecosystem, it requires a variety of stakeholders, according to Zipper. Universities and education providers, employers, governments associations, and learners. “What we continue to keep finding is that the skills that are relevant today

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Sophie Ruddock on apprenticeship...

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2021/08/10

“Multiverse at its core is building an outstanding alternative to college and corporate training. We see apprenticeships as the best way to achieve this mission. For us apprenticeships combine full-time employment with applied on-the job-training that really works backwards from the needs of employers,” says Sophie Ruddock, vice president and general manager for North America, Multiverse. “We're operating in a space where we're tackling huge skills challenges around software engineering, data

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Ryan Craig on investing in...

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2021/08/10

Two trends are of note, according to education investor Ryan Craig, managing director of Achieve Partners. Tech investing and education to employment. Even with the growing focus on improving digital skills for all, many are still being left behind in the digital economy. Achieve Partners invests in technologies and business models “to bolster skill development and secure the future of work for millions of Americans.” Says Craig, “We have a fund that we've just launched where we're building

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Katie Nielson on opportunities...

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2021/08/10

A debt-free education opens up opportunity for many who are seeking paths to learning. Voxy EnGen, an online platform that offers English language skills with a focus on job-related language, is among the organizations partnering with Walmart and Target in their ongoing initiatives to pay tuition and the cost of books for their employees. Company initiatives like these are a great step forward, says Katie Nielson, Ph.D., founder and chief education officer of Voxy EnGen. “They're thinking about

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Maria Flynn on reimagining...

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2021/08/10

“We need to be investing in and innovating in the current systems that we have, but I truly don't think that that's enough,” says Maria Flynn, president and CEO of JFF, referencing the country’s current look at infrastructure. Flynn adds, “At the same time, we really need to be stepping back and starting a very thoughtful process about if we were to build the workforce and higher ed system of the future of the U.S., where would we start? I don't think that is tinkering around the edges of the

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Christine Cruzvergara on...

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2021/08/10

“Handshake is the largest early career network helping over 8 million students jumpstart and launch their careers,” explains Christine Cruzvergara, chief education strategy officer of Handshake. “We serve students all over the U.S. and the UK. We partner with over 1200 universities and colleges to help connect their students to over 550,000 employers on our network.” She continues, “We have all types of employers from all different industries and all different sectors. We have a 100% of all

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: David Sutphen on how tech...

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2021/08/10

Employers are looking increasingly at ways to educate and develop talent in-house aided by ed-tech innovations and programs that are also driving mobility and equity within the workforce. 2U states it uses “tech, people, and data to help top universities transform in the digital era - and eliminate the back row in higher ed.” With more than 80 educational partners, 2U’s online offerings number more than 550. David Sutphen, chief strategy and engagement officer of 2U explains online access

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Peter Callstrom on affordable...

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2021/08/10

How do we ensure more people have access to the training they need to compete for jobs in today's workforce? Innovative approaches to financing programs for those who can't normally afford them could be a key. “Income share agreements are helping to close this opportunity gap,” says Peter Callstrom, president and CEO of San Diego Workforce Partnership. San Diego Workforce Partnership offers a highly successful ISA initiative, the only one in the entire country operated by an organization within

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The transformation of digital learning could...

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2021/08/10

WorkingNation is in San Diego this week for the 12th annual ASU+GSV Summit, the big three-day convening focused on innovations in education and technology, and their impact on the way we acquire knowledge and skills. My guest on this episode of the Work in Progress podcast is Deborah Quazzo, managing partner of GSV Ventures and the co-founder of ASU+GSV, a collaboration between GSV and Arizona State University (ASU). The way we prepare for our future—the way we learn—has changed just as much as

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: J.D. LaRock on entrepreneurship...

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2021/08/09

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurs (NFTE) has a long history of inspiring youth in low-income communities to embrace entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship education—a model that starts by identifying a student’s passions and builds from there—is among the most effective ways to help students match with postsecondary and career paths that truly resonate, says J.D. LaRock, president and CEO of NFTE. The organization has expanded its programming to include postsecondary students at community

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Hanna Jamal on educational...

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2021/08/09

Innovative finance is a way to drive equitable outcomes in education, says Hanna Jamal, director of Social Finance. The organization is an impact finance and advisory nonprofit that works with a variety of stakeholders to build partnerships with the goal of improving lives. Social Finance is partnering with TheDream.US to develop an education financing initiative for immigrant youth who are unable to access federal loans for graduate school because of their immigration status. “We're

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Kathleen deLaski on disrupting...

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2021/08/09

The Education Design Lab designs, tests, and launches and scales new models for higher education, explains Kathleen deLaski, founder and CEO of Education Design Lab. She notes that over the years, the Education Design Lab is shifting some focus onto lifelong learning for people, deLaski describes as “new majority learners, which is basically everyone for whom college was not originally designed.” The organization is launching a three-year project called XCredit with the goal of giving value,

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Joseph B. Fuller on meeting the...

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2021/08/09

As we continue efforts to recover from the pandemic, business leaders are looking for several things as they hire, according to Joseph B. Fuller, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. A combination of hard and soft skills, and more diverse, inclusive workforce. Fuller says companies need to be proactively thinking about who they are looking to add to their payroll. “Employers have to accept the fact that candidates aren't just going to drop out of the sky and be available

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Daniel Ferguson on the green...

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2021/08/09

Supporting innovation in the green economy is a key to fighting climate change, as well as providing a pathway to a good-paying job for everyone, particularly in historically overlooked populations, according to Daniel Ferguson, director of workforce development for Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI). Ferguson points to LACI's Advanced Prototyping Center fellowship program. Working with local community colleges over the last two years, the initiative has upskilled local residents for a

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Kate Cody on lowering the risk...

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2021/08/09

The cost of postsecondary education can put career opportunities that require certain skills or credentials out of reach for some. Vemo Education is working with these schools to help create new income-based financing programs—such as income share agreements—"that empower more students to succeed.” Vemo says it aligns itself with partners that want to make "education more expansive: broader in its reach, more generous in scope, and more inclusive of students who need improved education

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Phil Regier on using data to...

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2021/08/09

Does online work as well as face-to-face learning? Phil Regier, the CEO of EdPlus at Arizona State University says the answer is a resounding yes. Regier explains how data helps inform how courses are taught. “The idea for the Action Lab was to figure out how to be able to use all of these incredible backend resources that we get in terms of data and actually use it to improve teaching and learning.” Additionally, a new development uses technology to transport students to a digital world to

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Lisa Flesher on immersive...

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2021/08/09

Virtual reality as a learning tool is just around the corner at Arizona State University. ASU and Dreamscape Immersive will be rolling out the Dreamscape Learn pod. Lisa Flesher, chief of Realm 4 Project Acceleration, EdPlus at ASU, explains. “With our first product of Dreamscape Learn, we are going to launch our biology labs. Students will go in to this immersive experience. They’ll be putting on their headsets. They're in a full body tracking haptic experience.” “They will go through a zoo

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Peter Smith on understanding the...

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2021/08/09

"Millions of Americans are blocked from achieving their economic, social, and civic potential by an education system that fails to capture and recognize their knowledge, skills, and abilities," writes University of Maryland Global Campus professor Peter Smith, Ed.D., in his recent book, Stories from the Educational Underground: The New Frontier for Learning and Work. At the heart of this systemic obstruction of opportunity lies our failure to understand and value personal learning, says

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ASU+GSV Summit 2021: Odessa Jenkins on creating a...

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2021/08/09

Creating diversity has to be done with intention, says Odessa Jenkins, president of Emtrain, which uses data analytics and other insights to help organizations create a healthy workplace culture. “I'm really excited to be speaking about this topic because when you look at what we focused on in the last year and a half, as it relates to diversity, it's all about what things look like. It's kind of turned into this financial metric. ‘What are your numbers? How many of this do you have? How many of

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