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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Through 2029, growth in the IT sector is expected to rise 11 percent and add over half a million jobs to the U.S. The job market analytics company Burning Glass reports that nine out of ten tech jobs sit outside the technology sector and that, in the utility sector alone, 35 percent of job openings in 2019 were in IT.

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OPINION: Americans need help paying for new, nondegree programs and college alternatives

The Hechinger Report

College enrollment dropped by 8 percent from 2019 to 2022, and Americans are sending a clear message: They need and want more options than just a college degree to make a good living. billion increase in federal funding as part of the administration’s plan to double the maximum Pell Grant award by 2029. But this doesn’t go far enough.