Tag: Apprenticeships
PBN summit: Workforce readiness starts before graduation
Rhode Island’s workforce challenges are no longer confined to unemployment rates or post-pandemic churn.
Instead, educators and industry leaders say the pressure point has shifted...
Boost skills to grow
Marianne Raimondo | Rhode Island College School of Business dean
Rhode Island’s labor force has been largely stagnant since 2019, limiting our ability to grow...
Colleges must now prioritize apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are making a comeback.
And Rhode Island has a chance to help lead the way in showing how they can be a more formal...
Four-year degrees not for everyone
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., wants to turn K-12 schooling into K-16 – in other words, to move toward making public four-year colleges free and...
Tech companies turn to apprenticeships to solve worker shortage in tight...
Rhode Island has been projected to add nearly 2,300 jobs in technology-related occupations during the decade from 2016 to 2026, mostly in the computer...
‘Apprenticeships [are a] powerful tool for job growth’
Lisa Bisaccia, executive vice president and chief human resources officer for CVS Health, is responsible for the management of all human resources functions for...
Apprenticeships need business buy-in
In mid-March, during one of those CEO meetings that President Donald Trump used to hold before they were disbanded, Marc Benioff, the chief executive...
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