What to Know About DOL’s New Pre-Apprenticeship Guidance
DOL’s new guidance offers a practical framework for quality pre-apprenticeship, but overlooks key equity considerations.
Career & Technical Education
How Colleges Can Use Workforce Pell to Level Up
With Workforce Pell approvals underway, here’s what strong college implementation looks like at three levels …
What Is Work-Based Learning at Community Colleges?
Defining work-based learning is essential for community colleges to improve and measure WBL opportunities.
Workforce Pell Year One: How States Can Use the First Year of Implementation to Pilot, Self-Assess, Continuously Improve, and Scale
How states can use Workforce Pell’s first year to pilot, refine, and scale high-quality programs that lead to…
Announcing the 2026-2027 PAYA Youth Council
Meet the 2026–27 PAYA Youth Council and the young leaders advancing youth apprenticeship nationwide.
Four Partnerships Selected for Inaugural PAYA Innovation Grants
Four Innovation Grants awarded to help youth apprenticeship programs pilot creative solutions.
Workforce Pell Is Live. Here’s How States Are Approving Programs
Now that Workforce Pell is live, an 11-state comparison reveals widely different standards for occupations, employers, a…