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Investing in Apprenticeships to Fill Labor-Market Talent and Opportunity Gaps

Strengthening the U.S. apprenticeship system will close labor gaps in industries and roles of critical national importance.

Technical Talent Strategies to Build Capacity, Accelerate Priorities, and Drive Change

This is a historic opportunity, driven by critical need, to bolster and reinvigorate the federal talent pipeline.

Making the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Work for the New Economy

Rethinking the Trade Adjustment Assistance program's upskilling and training component from the ground up.

Incorporating Health and Safety Data in CareerOneStop Websites to Optimize Career-change Guidance

To enable transitioning workers, the DOL should update its career guidance tools to include data on health and safety risks.

Using AI and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality to Deliver Tailored and Effective Jobs Training

To address continuous labor market transformation and automation, all Americans need to have access to agile and effective jobs training.

Improving Data Infrastructure to Meet Student and Learner Information Needs

A renewed commitment to modernizing the SLDS data infrastructure and to the students these systems serve is needed.

Doubling the R&D Capacity of the Department of Education

The time is now to transform the research arm of the Education Department into an innovative, novel space to improve education outcomes.

Building an Evergreen $1 Billion Fund for Science and Technology Career Advancement

Use H-1B fees to to launch innovative programs that advance U.S. economic competitiveness and diversify the STEM talent pipeline.

Competitiveness Through Immigration

Intensifying competition for skilled workers abroad and barriers to immigration at home are deterring potential talent from coming to the US

"Quorkforce": Developing a National Quantum Workforce

Due to the rapid growth in the field of quantum computing, both the public and private sectors are struggling to find skilled employees.

Demystifing Tech Careers: Industry-Driven Transparency for Expanding Access to the New Economy

A Transparent Tech Training Alliance could expand access to early tech careers to low-wage workers and help small and mid-sized enterprises.

A National Commitment to Post-Graduate Education in Information Technology

The Administration should address pressing IT talent shortages while empowering Americans to participate in the IT economy.

A Proposal to Amplify Youth Voices in STEM

A robust STEM ecosystem is imperative to our country’s national security, international leadership, and economic recovery from COVID-19.

Creating an Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-L) for the Department of Labor

The Federal Government should annually invest $100 million for 5 years to launch an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Labor (ARPA-L).

Expanding the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program to Preserve American Innovation

Sustained investment in the industries of the future is crucial to national security, American healthcare, and a green economy.

Forging 1,000 Venture Scientists to Transform the Innovation Economy

The Administration should establish the Venture Science Doctorate (VSD) to train graduates to combine research and entrepreneurship.

The Invention Ecosystem: A Pathway to Economic Resilience and Inclusive Prosperity

The United States is an invention and innovation powerhouse that has long produced remarkable achievements. Yet American invention is at...

Investing in Community Learning Ecosystems

Building back better in a post-pandemic US will require federal investments in “learning ecosystems” that connect entire communities.

Improving Learning through Data Standards for Educational Technologies

Open-data standards would provide research capabilities that can be used to precisely identify gaps and create targeted interventions.