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Developing In-Demand Skills Among Undergraduates for Better, More Equitable Post Completion Outcomes

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Credit for prior learning offers routes to saving time, money on degree

Credit for experience gained in owning and operating her event-planning business helped Loyce Shelley see herself in a new way — and complete her degree.

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Study: Paid internships boost first-job salaries by $3,000, student confidence about careers

Disparities in securing paid internships persist for women, people of color, first-generation college students, and students with low incomes — even when taking into account their fields of study.

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The Significant Value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Two centuries after the first historically Black colleges and universities were founded, the 101 accredited HBCUs in operation today continue to deliver on their legacy of expanding educational opportunity for Black students that leads to successful and fulfilling lives.

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How Colleges Help Students Succeed Beyond Completion

As a field, higher education has experienced a continuing evolution in how to measure success. For nearly five decades success efforts were focused on access, followed by the past decade and a half pursuing completion, and the field now has a growing focus on the value of a degree and student outcomes beyond completion.

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Strada names 15 grant winners in $10 million Beyond Completion Challenge

Strada announces the winners in the initial phase of a grant challenge aimed at helping higher education institutions improve career and life opportunities for several disadvantaged populations.

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Promising Practices for Reconnecting Recent High School Graduates to Postsecondary Education

In the wake of historic pandemic-related enrollment declines, postsecondary institutions have responded by developing and expanding innovative approaches to engaging learners.

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Workforce development leader Stephen Moret to join Strada as president and CEO

The recognized economic and workforce development leader with successful tenures in Virginia and Louisiana will join the national nonprofit in January 2022.

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Student Outcomes Beyond Completion: National Findings From the 2021 Strada Alumni Survey

Students can see the high costs of education, but a clear and predictable career path is more opaque in an ever-shifting labor market transformed by remote work, gig work, outsourcing, automation, artificial intelligence, and global supply chains.

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Strada, Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity launch $10 million challenge

​​The grant competition seeks to connect learning with employment for first-generation students, those who struggle to afford education, and students of color.

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How the HBCU experience builds leaders

Roslyn Clark Artis grew up in southern West Virginia, the only African American in her graduating class. The daughter of a coal miner, she dreamed of becoming a lawyer and applied to every public university in her home state, hoping to find an affordable route to college.

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28 HBCUs join ambitious initiative to connect students’ education and aspirations

A $25 million grant from Strada taps the collective experience and insights of HBCU leaders to scale experiential learning and leadership development within the college experience.

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What we’ve learned from the State Opportunity Index — and what comes next

One year after its release, Strada CEO and President Stephen Moret reflects on what has been learned so far and what to expect in the next iteration.

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The invisible barrier: how restrictions on majors influence career paths

How a student chooses a college major is often the result of personal factors, such as interests, strengths, or education and career guidance.

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Testimony on reauthorizing WIOA: How better data can improve outcomes for everyone

Strada CEO and President Stephen Moret testified before the House Committee on Education and Workforce about reauthorizing the nation’s main workforce development legislation — the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or WIOA.

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HBCU Initiative: 5 questions for Strada’s Daryl Graham

The senior vice president of HBCU and engagement discusses how a $25 million investment created a community of students who learn from one another while celebrating the legacy of HBCUs.

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10 elements for state data systems

Strada worked closely with state data agencies and higher education executives to identify 10 critical elements that contribute to the capacity of state data systems.

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