European University Institute Library

Learning for careers, the Pathways to Prosperity Network, Nancy Hoffman, Robert B. Schwartz

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Learning for careers

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Nancy Hoffman, Robert B. Schwartz

the Pathways to Prosperity Network

Learning for Careers provides a comprehensive account of the Pathways to Prosperity Network, a national project that offers urgently needed career pathways for young Americans who do not have a four-year college degree. It takes as its starting point the influential Pathways to Prosperity report. Released in 2011, the report challenged the prevailing idea that the core mission of high schools was to prepare all students for college, arguing that we need a much stronger focus on career preparation for students whose work and life prospects have worsened dramatically in recent decades. To address this challenge, the Pathways Network was founded in 2012, promoting cooperative arrangements between educational and business institutions in order to fashion pathways for young people to acquire twenty-first-century skills and achieve professional success. This book traces the evolution of the Pathways Network over the past five years, focusing on the efforts of a diverse set of states and regions to build systems that span high school and the first two years of postsecondary education. States such as Delaware and Tennessee have been highly effective in establishing systems designed to equip students with credentials valued in the contemporary labor market. At the same time, the authors acknowledge the technical, political, and cultural challenges in redesigning career-focused education to produce satisfactory outcomes for young people throughout the country. In its account of the burgeoning Pathways Network, Learning for Careers offers a way forward for the millions of young people and employers that face a rapidly evolving and ever more competitive globalized workplace.--, Provided by publisher

Foreword by Anthony P. Carnevale -- Introduction -- Then and now: from the forgotten half to Pathways to Prosperity -- The Pathways to Prosperity Network: origins, building blocks, and framework -- How it looks on the ground -- Why work matters in the lives of young people -- Ensuring career awareness, exposure, and work-based learning -- The role of employers and intermediary organizations in pathways systems -- Policy that supports pathways -- Looking forward: we are not alone