Postsecondary Education

September 15, 2023

High-achieving low-income students in the U.S. often miss out on selective colleges and competitive careers, with only 3% making it to selective colleges compared to 72% of high-achieving high-income students. Minds Matter Bay Area's corporate volunteer mentor matching program is changing this disparity.

Irene Shih

Economic Empowerment

Takeaways from the 2022 TPM National Learning Network Summit

October 26, 2022

On Tuesday, September 27th, the U.S. Chamber Foundation hosted the 2022 National Learning Network Summit sponsored by GoEducate, with over 100 in-person attendees and more joining virtually. The Summit brought together faculty, fellows, and partners to collaborate and engage the core element of the TPM Academy® strategies through networking, immersive case studies, breakout rooms, and panels led by an array of subject specialists.

Althea Ulin

Talent Pipeline Management

Addressing the STEM Workforce Shortage

Dr. Charlene Mickens Dukes

October 17, 2022

Two students sitting at a table facing a laptop

At a time when we need to address STEM labor shortages, we cannot afford to leave segments of our population behind. The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports a strategy to address these issues through the newly funded Community College Presidents’ Initiative in STEM Education. Community colleges, serving the most diverse student body in higher education, are fertile ground for effective diversification of the STEM workforce. 51% of community college students taking college credit classes are students of color.

George R. Boggs

Dr. Elizabeth K. Hawthorne

Dr. Clayton A. Railey

Dr. Vera Zdravkovich

STEM

The Long Fight for Workforce Development Begins Before the Headlines Start

September 21, 2022

Amber Rangel Mooney, who participated in the Elite Cohort of the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Business Leads Fellowship Program (Business Leads), currently works as vice president and director of workforce development at Empire State Development and knows the importance of expanding career growth opportunities first-hand.

K-12 Education

TPM National Learning Network Summit Fall 2022

Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and your colleagues on September 27th, 2022, for the Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) National Learning Network (NLN) Fall Summit. A reception will take place the night before on September 26th at the Chamber building to network with your peers.

Meeting the Demands of a Changing Workforce: Insights Into the Wellspring Initiative

Mark Leuba, Vice President for IMS Global Learning Consortium

January 31, 2022

Wellspring is a multi-year initiative of the 1EdTech Foundation and IMS Global Learning Consortium that aims to accelerate the adoption of an education-to-work ecosystem based on open technology standards.

Class of 2020 Postsecondary Enrollment Plummeted - What Now?

Bill DeBaun, Director of Data and Evaluation, National College Attainment Network

February 3, 2021

Discouraging statistics emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic are so numerous in so many sectors that it can be difficult for any one of them to be attention-grabbing at this point.

K-12 Education

Will COVID-19 Push Online Workforce Education To Its Tipping Point?

April 29, 2020

As businesses look to persevere through the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 and rebuild for the future, there is an even greater need to hold workforce education accountable for career growth and business impact.

Vivek Sharma

2020 TPM NLN Virtual Spring Summit

Each year, experts from the Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) network gather to network with their peers, discuss the TPM initiative, the evolution of the TPM Academy, as well as opportunities for the future of TPM.

A 2020 Vision: The Future of Economic and Workforce Development in South Carolina

February 27, 2020

Nancy Lee Sánchez, Executive Director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, recently examined the important purpose community colleges serve in the future of workforce development. A key point made is “community colleges are defined differently by those who enroll in them”, in other words, people view community colleges as a pathway towards different goals.

Chief Etheridge

Community Improvement