MSDC Learn-and-Share: Launching Midwest Collaborative (MWC) Request for Information (RFI)-Selected Study on High-Value Career and Technical Education (CTE)

The next installment of the Multi-State Data Collaborative Learn-and-Share series, Launching Midwest Collaborative (MWC) Request for Information (RFI)-Selected Study on High-Value Career and Technical Education (CTE), is scheduled for Friday, July 25, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

OVERVIEW

In this session, you’ll get an inside look at an upcoming study: Increasing College Completion in High-Value Career and Technical Fields Through Research-Informed Policy Solutions, which will analyze how labor market data, workforce participation, and enrollment patterns in community college re/upskilling courses intersect.

Approved by the MWC through the pilot RFI process in 2024, the study will:

• Examine how students’ workforce navigation aligns with their use of postsecondary education
• Investigate how information on prior education, field of study, and industry sheds light on students’ choices and enrollment behaviors.
• Explore enrollment patterns and regional differences, with a focus on urban and rural contexts and variations by college.

SPEAKERS

• Dr. Peter Bahr - Institute for the Future of Work at Strada Education Foundation
• Daniel Rizo-Patron - Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

About the Multi-State Data Collaborative (MSDC)

The MSDC is a network for developing data projects and products that answer questions critical to state and local needs that will impact policy or practice. NASWA supports the MSDC and partners closely with the Coleridge Initiative, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and others. To view recordings of past Learn-and-Share sessions, click here.