New research shows women and people of color are underrepresented in the potential workforce for high-quality clean energy jobs. Universities, employers, and unions can play a role in creating a more diverse workforce.
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How Out-of-school STEM Learning Can Promote Job Growth
Forbes May 3, 2024Businesses have a lot to contribute to our national security by investing their time and expertise in OST programming.
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Why We Need to Bolster Professional Development and Growth for Women of Color
Nonprofit Quarterly Apr 27, 2024To be successful, Black women need quality professional development.
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The Costs Of Workplace Violence Are Too High To Ignore
The Conversation Apr 25, 2024Violence and harassment on the job are all too common: More than 1 in 5 workers worldwide have experienced it, according to the International Labor Organization, with women slightly more…
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How Apprenticeships Can Help Reduce Youth Recidivism
Urban Institute Apr 17, 2024Young people have high rates of reoffending once they’ve entered the criminal legal system, but apprenticeships may offer an opportunity to alter their life paths.
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Rural Counties Increasingly Rely On Prisons To Provide Firefighters And Emts Who Work For Free, But The Inmates Have Little Protection Or Future Job Prospects
The Conversation Apr 16, 2024If you call 911 in rural Georgia, the nearest emergency responders might come from the local prison. In 1963, the Georgia Department of Corrections began a program to train incarcerated…
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How Behavioral Science Can Drive Progress in Women’s Economic Empowerment
ideas42 Apr 16, 2024Over the past year, ideas42, the World Bank, and the project management team of Liberia’s Youth Opportunities Project (YOP), implemented by the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS) and the…
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Why Nurses Are Leaving Healthcare Jobs
Futurity Apr 13, 2024At a time when hospital executives cite staffing issues as their most pressing concern, new research digs into why nurses are quitting.
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The Push for Gender Equality in Healthcare Work
United Nations Foundation Apr 6, 2024The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health care systems around the globe and pushed health care workers past the breaking point. Emerging disease threats, coupled with a growing, aging population, will…
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Philadelphia’s Minimum Wage Has Been Stuck At $7.25 An Hour Since 2009
The Conversation Apr 4, 2024In Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the U.S., the minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour for the past 15 years. That’s the minimum wage everywhere in…
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Challenges the Nonprofit Workforce Faces
Fund the People Apr 2, 2024READ THE TRANSCRIPT Dr. Akilah Watkins is President and CEO of Independent Sector, one of the national organizations that pulls together our sector and represents it in Washington. Dr. Watkins has been on a national listening tour of the nonprofit sector since she took on this leadership role in…
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Why We Need to Pay Attention to Educator Morale
The 74 Mar 30, 2024Schools have been trying to return to normal after three years of closures, disruption and setbacks, so it’s no surprise that the pandemic has taken a toll on educators’ morale.…
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