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Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges: A Federal Funding Toolkit for States

Postsecondary education–broadly defined as a credential beyond a high school diploma–continues to be one of the major gateways to family-sustaining jobs. Having a postsecondary education also offers some protection in a weak economy because workers with higher levels of education are less likely to become unemployed than workers with lower levels.

At the same time, our adult education, workforce development, and postsecondary education systems frequently have disconnects that can be barriers to progress for individuals with low education and skill levels. Career pathways are an approach that many states are adopting to fix fragmented and leaky educational pipelines. Career pathways are linked education and training services that enable students to advance over time to successively higher levels of education and employment in a given industry or occupational sector. Each step on a career pathway is designed to prepare students to progress to the next level of employment and education. The career pathways approach is a framework for weaving together adult education, training, and postsecondary programs, and connecting those services to the workforce needs of employers.

Full Story: http://www.clasp.org/issues/postsecondary/pages/funding-career-pathways-and-career-pathway-bridges-a-federal-funding-toolkit-for-states

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