With rising job vacancies and a workforce and society that are aging, the United States already has a reservoir of human capital that is not fully tapped: The millions of…
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After decades of declining unionization rates and rising income inequality in the United States, the past few years have seen glimmers of the vibrancy of the U.S. labor movement in…
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The pandemic continues to expose the existing inequalities, inefficiencies, and siloed nature of the country’s child care, education, and workforce systems. Frontline workers lacked a way to identify child care…
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Even at current employment levels, today’s labor market development system leaves millions of aspiring workers ill-prepared for jobs that pay a living wage. While right and left argue about what…
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At 5:30 p.m., December 10 of last year, they heard the unmistakable wail of tornado sirens. Some of the workers crafting cinnamon, pumpkin spice, and vanilla candles asked to go…
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The global disruption of the pandemic in the workplace has made blatantly apparent what has always been true: organizations that do not acknowledge the humanity of their workforce will neither…
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Occupational segregation is defined as a group’s overrepresentation or underrepresentation in certain jobs or fields of work. This factsheet elaborates on how occupational segregation in the United States has contributed…
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In ways large and small, the way we work continues to change as we carry into the rest of 2022 and emerge from two years of seismic change. A true…
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When Dr. Amy Barnhorst treats patients for mental illness in county jails, emergency rooms, and psychiatric hospitals, she sees more than the person standing before her. She takes in their life…
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Central Michigan University has long been known for giving low-income, middle-class and first-generation college students the opportunity to earn a four-year degree and lead a fruitful life. But the Mt.…
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Internships tend to advantage students who are already advantaged—essentially those who can afford to work for cheap or free. According to data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers 2021…