Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Manno writes on education, workforce training, and career pathways. “We just expanded the definition of college,” writes Kathleen ...

A large nationwide job training program for seniors has not received its regular funding from the Department of Labor, without any explanation. The Senior Community Service Employment Program helps ...

Jordan Foley ticks off what he didn’t have when he started an intensive 13-week solar job training program on the West Side: money, a bed, clothes, food. The fear that the program wouldn’t be able to ...

Toyota created the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) in 2010 to address a shortage of skilled manufacturing workers. FAME combines classroom learning with paid on-the-job training ...

The Senior Community Service Employment Program provides low-income people ages 55 and over with a paid opportunity to train for work. The program, known as SCSEP, was created in 1965 through the ...

For the first time in U.S. history, there are more Americans over 62 than under 18. With the national workforce getting older every year, many economists argue that having people keep working longer ...

Niada Crespo searched for jobs for six months but the single mother was never hired. She was living with her uncle, but he planed to move out of state, making her feel increasingly desperate about her ...