Prepared Workforce

Prepared Workforce
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Wage initiative delivers monthly boost to more than 200 local early childhood educators
Research Highlights
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Preparing workers for AI: new report highlights policy gaps and solutions
Michael Horrigan
Free College Handbook
Updated tuition-free college handbook offers roadmap for investing in education and workforce development 
Michelle Miller-Adams
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Michigan Reconnect program putting adults back on the path to a degree
Brad J. Hershbein
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Commentary & Analysis
College students
Investing in tuition-free college can be a good economic bet for Michigan
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AI exposure and the future of work
Michael Horrigan, Erik Vasilauskas
Graduate in cap and gown
Six lessons for tuition-free college programs from the Columbus Promise
Michelle Miller-Adams, Kevin M. Hollenbeck, Bridget Timmeney, Kyle Huisman
Aaron Sojourner in front of Minnesota building
Investments in early childhood pay off for economies, families, Aaron Sojourner writes
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Experts
Aaron Sojourner
Senior Economist and Deputy Director of Research
BlueSky
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Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
Vice President and Director of Research
BlueSky
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Ben Damerow
Senior Director, Center for Workforce Innovation and Solutions
Brad J. Hershbein
Senior Economist and Deputy Director of Research
BlueSky
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Iryna Lendel
Senior Director of Regional Economic and Community Development
Jakki Bungart-Bibb
Director, Michigan Works! Southwest
Michael Horrigan
President
Michelle Miller-Adams
Senior Researcher
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teacher with two boys
Wage initiative delivers monthly boost to more than 200 local early childhood educators
Graduate in cap and gown
Six lessons for tuition-free college programs from the Columbus Promise
Michelle Miller-Adams, Kevin M. Hollenbeck, Bridget Timmeney, Kyle Huisman
Children at a child care center
Pulse gets grant to expand child care access in the region
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New Upjohn report maps economic challenges and opportunities for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Iryna Lendel, Sevrin Williams, Gerrit Anderson