Building a Pipeline to Postsecondary Success: A Promising Workforce and Education Initiative Takes Root in California

Authors

  • Vivian Figueredo

Abstract

In Philadelphia, there are several initiatives and campaigns underway that seek to forge a link between education and workforce development. These programs include: Philadelphia Academies, Inc., which creates specialized learning environments and career-focused programming to better prepare high school students for postsecondary and employment opportunities; and the Philadelphia Youth Network, a youth workforce development program in which students design their postsecondary readiness programs. In addition, the Team Pennsylvania Foundation has developed the PA STEM Initiative, the goal of which is to dramatically increase the number of students (especially females, minorities and the underrepresented) entering STEM-related careers while recruiting and retraining  the incumbent workforce in these critical fields.

In the spirit of sharing lessons and practices from similar initiatives in different states, we are offering an overview of the Career Advancement Academies (CAA), an initiative in California that is currently in its sixth year. CAA is funded by the California Governor’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Initiative, with the Career Ladders Project providing technical assistance to the participating California Community Colleges.

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2013-06-25

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Figueredo, V. (2013). Building a Pipeline to Postsecondary Success: A Promising Workforce and Education Initiative Takes Root in California. Social Innovations Journal, (14). Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/10522

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No. 14 (2013): Issue 14 | Summer 2013

Section

What Works & What Doesn't

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