Today we are releasing the State Opportunity Index, a research-backed framework designed to help states develop a stronger connection between education and employment based on five priority areas: 📈 Clear Outcomes 💬 Quality Coaching 💲 Affordability 💡 Work-Based Learning 💼 Employer Alignment Taken together, these five priorities provide a framework for improving both education and employment systems. Explore at: https://hubs.la/Q02rc6Hg0
About us
Strada Education Foundation supports programs, policies, and organizations that strengthen connections between postsecondary education and opportunity in the U.S., with a focus on helping people who face the greatest challenges. Learn more at stradaeducation.org.
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http://www.stradaeducation.org
External link for Strada Education Foundation
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- Higher Education
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- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Nonprofit
- Specialties
- Strategic Philanthropy, Higher Education Innovation, Workforce Readiness, Student Success and Support, Education to Employment Pathways, Education Consumer Insights, Future of Work, Student Life Cycle, Adult Learners, Research , Ed Tech, Strategic Partnerships, Education and Career Planning, Career and Workforce Transitions, and Lifelong Learning
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10 W Market St
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Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, US
Employees at Strada Education Foundation
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Mimi Wolfe Strouse
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Stephen Moret
CEO at Strada Education Foundation
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Damien Padilla
Manager, Outcomes & Operations HBCU Initiative at Strada Education Foundation
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Jim Baker
CTO, 4x founder, & Board Advisor. Deep experience in Data, Engineering, AI, & InfoSec. Passion for #a11y #climatetech #healthtech #edtech
Updates
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Strada Education Foundation reposted this
Bestselling author | Strategic advisor on future of learning and work | College admissions and early career expert | Contributor, The Atlantic | Angel investor | Editor, Next newsletter | Co-host, FutureU podcast
Internships are a critical cog in the wheel of getting to a full-time job after college. But the opportunity to land a good internship is not evenly distributed as Stephen Moret and I laid out recently in this Fast Company piece (https://lnkd.in/ev4pcNdi). 30 years ago this week, I ended my first college internship at U.S. News & World Report. Each weekday morning, along with half a dozen other interns, I reported to a small, windowless room in the basement of a sleek office building on N Street in Washington, DC. From there, we would all stare at monochrome computer monitors as we made phone call after phone call to college campuses around the country. Our task was to track down missing numbers, or in other cases, double-check questionable figures for the massive data collection that composed the secret sauce for the magazine’s annual college rankings guide. It was often a thankless task made better only by the camaraderie of twentysomethings, the stories we’d sometimes get to help out with for the magazine, and of course, the paycheck (when so many internships are unpaid). My counterparts that summer (pictured below with Robert Morse, the guru of the rankings) were from colleges all over, but mostly those that occupied the top of the U.S. News rankings that year: Princeton, Yale, UNC, Brown, Colby among others. I always wondered why an undergrad from Ithaca College was chosen. Years later, a mentor from that summer, Al Sanoff, told me that he had known the president at Ithaca at the time, James Whalen. Whalen was on several national boards, including in higher ed and with the NCAA. Because of that, Whalen had visited with U.S. News editors on occasion. So when my application crossed the editor's desk, he thought about Whalen. It wasn't the ranking of the school that mattered as much, but reputation still played a role in some way. Would love to hear from you below how might we get more students valuable (paid) internships where the ranking (or the reputation) of the school doesn't matter as much as the skills, talent, and grit of the student?
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According to Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce’s recent report “The Future of Good Jobs: Projections Through 2031,” we will see an increase of 15.2 million good jobs in the United States by 2031. However, “only 15% will be available to workers on the high school pathway, compared to 66% on the #bachelor's degree pathway and 19% on the middle-skills pathway.” Michael Nietzel, Senior Contributor from Forbes, shares his thoughts on these findings: https://lnkd.in/gHunkK_M
85% Of Good Jobs In 2031 Will Require Postsecondary Education, Report Finds
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Congratulations to our own Rhonda Powell for being featured in Savoy Magazine’s, 2024 Most Influential Lawyers! 👏 Read more: https://lnkd.in/efTw9G7M
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#ICYMI: Here are some highlights from our latest newsletter: 📊 An interview with Jonathan Furr, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Ecosystem Officer, on how states are working together to accelerate their progress toward a more holistic education-to-employment data system. 🧑🎓 An article from Inside Higher Ed by Steven Mintz from the University of Texas at Austin that outlines what higher education institutions can do to embed career preparation within a liberal arts education. 📑 A new Strada-funded survey from the Education and Employment Research Center, Rutgers University on how states are collecting data and measuring effectiveness on non-degree credentials. Read more: https://lnkd.in/esk4i9bA — ✉️ Subscribe to our newsletter where you’ll receive updates, stories, and resources from Strada: https://lnkd.in/eu4FDKZ9
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“The data is clear: internships are incredibly important and powerful. So then the question becomes: Is everyone who wants an #internship able to obtain one? Unfortunately the answer is no… not yet . . ." #ICYMI – Laura Thompson Love, Senior Vice President Work-Based Learning, joined Ascent and other leading experts for a webinar during National Intern Day titled Bridging the Education-to-Employment Skills Gap through Access to Better Internships. https://lnkd.in/e3YyrYaC
Better Internships: National Internship Day Webinar | Ascent Funding
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America Achieves is thrilled to announce our new "Good Jobs Economy" initiative to help local communities integrate and advance strategies for economic growth and economic mobility. Building on our recent efforts that helped to establish Regional #TechHubs across the nation, America Achieves will support local partners to advance growth of key industries and good jobs in local economies – and create clear pathways for local residents to attain living-wage jobs in high-growth sectors. We will work with partners to build proof points of Good Jobs Economies in selected communities across the country; equip any community to do this work with useful tools, frameworks, and an evidence base on what works; and advance public policy and communications to advance this work. We’re incredibly thankful to our philanthropic partners, who have provided more than $20 million to support the planning and launch of this initiative. Funding for planning this initiative has been provided by Blue Meridian Partners, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, Strada Education Foundation, and others. Of those funders, GKFF also supported America Achieves' efforts to help Tech Hub applicants develop their plans – as did the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, and others. Funders supporting implementation of the Good Jobs Economy initiative going forward include the philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, among others. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eU_V6tfd Check out the Department of Commerce’s Fact Sheet highlighting the Good Jobs Economy initiative: https://lnkd.in/eJNsHYdY To learn more about or participate in this initiative, please sign up for updates here: https://lnkd.in/eTqBgMm3
America Achieves Launches 'Good Jobs Economy' Initiative
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Watch Mamie Voight, President and CEO of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, as she discusses how states can use State Opportunity Index data to identify what policies are working in #HigherEducation and what needs to improve.
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We're thrilled to be at #UNITE2024! Malika Clinkscales, M.A., M.S., Gloria Mwase, PhD, SHRM-CP (CAEL), Damien Padilla and Daryl A. Graham (both from Strada Education Foundation) led an insightful session, "So You Want to Partner with HBCUs." The session focused on fostering dialogue and gathering comments, questions, and insights from HBCU institution participants, who showed great enthusiasm. We also had a great time engaging with visitors at our booth, discussing our solutions and exploring ways to help bridge gaps for those seeking to achieve their education goals. Can't wait to continue the conversations. And if you missed it, we're happy to talk with you at our booth or after the event. Stay tuned for more! #HigherEd #HBCU #Partnerships #EducationInnovation #StradaEducation #CAEL #UNITE2024 #DiversityInEducation #EdLeaders #CommunityEngagement #InclusiveEducation #StudentSuccess
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Johnson C. Smith University - JCSU, a top-ranked HBCU in North Carolina, just announced the initial results of their new holistic student support initiative. This program, developed in collaboration with InsideTrack and UNCF Institute for Capacity Building, has already made a significant impact. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gWaxk92q #HBCU #StudentSuccess #HBCUExcellence #HigherEd #InsideTrack #UNCF #JCSU #FirstYearSuccess
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