Opportunity America @opp_america
Washington-based, nonprofit think tank focused on economic mobility. opportunityamericaonline.org Joined October 2016-
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Leading education thinkers respond to parents’ frustration about unresponsive schools and pandemic learning loss. Visit bit.ly/3KbpmbQ to read their essays in #UnlockingTheFuture
Please join us for the release of a new collection of essays on K-12 education reform. Visit bit.ly/3HHDyrG to register and view the agenda.
As @usedgov begins rulemaking on #forprofitcolleges, a new report proposes a middle-ground approach – a consensual policy proposal from a group of for-profit skeptics & defenders. Read the report, bit.ly/3lufpJI. Register for a panel discussion, bit.ly/31wG2Xy
Even as the economy recovers, 7.4 million Americans are still out of work & many will need to reskill for a new job or new industry. Visit bit.ly/3Dv50nH to view results of the @opp_america community college survey – how #communitycolleges can help.
Some of the best job training in America happens in the noncredit division of a community college, but it’s often invisible to the public & policymakers. Visit bit.ly/3Dv50nH to view the @opp_america community college survey – new data on job-focused students & programs.
Few issues are more divisive than #forprofitcolleges. Poor-performing & shady – or seedbeds of innovation? Almost no one is neutral. A new @opp_america report finds the middle ground – policy developed by a group of for-profit skeptics & defenders. bit.ly/3lufpJI
#Communitycolleges are coming into their own as the nation’s premier provider of job-focused education & training. Visit bit.ly/3Dv50nH to view the results of the @opp_america community college survey – new data on credit and noncredit students and programs.
#Communitycolleges are among the best tools we have to address the #greatresignation & tightening labor market. Visit bit.ly/3Dv50nH to view results of the @opp_america community college survey & learn more about the solutions available on two-year college campuses.
Thanks for the shoutout, @ToyotaPolicy. Visit bit.ly/3mfJ6xE to read the @opp_america @BrookingsInst FAME report.
Thanks for the shoutout, @ToyotaPolicy. Visit bit.ly/3mfJ6xE to read the @opp_america @BrookingsInst FAME report.
#communitycolleges play an essential but often unrecognized role in job training for traditional college-age students and midcareer adults. Visit bit.ly/3EKPgxY to read @WSJ piece about @opp_america’s new survey on community college workforce programs and students.
@opp_america thanks @ChancellorCUNY Félix V. Matos Rodríguez for his remarks at the launch of our new report, Today’s students, tomorrow’s workforce: A roadmap for CUNY community colleges. Visit bit.ly/3ADywpU to view the event and read the report.
There’s still time to register for today’s virtual event on how innovative #communitycolleges are #reskilling Americans to keep up with the changing economy. See you at 2 p.m. ET @ opportunityamericaonline.org/surveyreleasee…
#Communitycolleges educate more Americans than coding boot camps, apprenticeship programs & government job training combined. Register @ bit.ly/3ho87F7 for a 9/14 virtual event discussing new data about these indispensable institutions.
Twenty leading higher education thinkers urge lawmakers working to make community college free for all Americans not to forget learners seeking job-focused education. Read the letter at bit.ly/3C1T9fO.
Visit bit.ly/2SOKFaM to listen to Opportunity America president Tamar Jacoby at Dallas Federal Reserve conference.
Midlevel health care jobs requiring some education & training but not bachelor’s degrees are a springboard of upward mobility for the two-thirds of Americans who lack four-year degrees. Read @NYDailyNews bit.ly/2OapLRj or @opp_america report at bit.ly/31AodmM.
A new @opp_america report by @PrestonCooper93 and Tamar Jacoby looks at economic prospects for midlevel health care workers – aides and techs with some technical training but not bachelor's degrees. Visit bit.ly/30oTtEM.
A new @opp_america report by @PrestonCooper93 and Tamar Jacoby finds midlevel health care jobs are a vital springboard of upward mobility for the nearly two-thirds of New Yorkers who lack bachelor's degrees. Visit bit.ly/30oTtEM.
A new @opp_america report by @PrestonCooper93 and Tamar Jacoby looks at midlevel health care workers – the all but invisible aides and techs who keep the system running. Visit bit.ly/30oTtEM.
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#COMMUNITYCOLLEGE SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED to February 1. Visit bit.ly/35Sax8e to respond to an @opp_america @LuminaFound survey and show policymakers why community colleges matter!
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A new report, The Indispensable Institution, outlines how community colleges can live up to their potential as America’s premier provider of workforce education. bit.ly/2VjLBlL via @opp_america
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.@LCTCSpresident encourages all community college leaders to continue to engage students in discussion on how to best represent them during the @opp_america Indispensable Institution report launch event. #OppAm2020 #StudentEngagement #communitycollege
The launch of the Indispensable Institution report is happening now! Paul Fain, Anne Kress, and Bob Schwartz kick off the event discussing ways #communitycolleges are converting crisis to opportunity. #OppAm2020 #workforce #ChangingLives #CreatingFutures
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