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Education Design Lab: Community College Growth Engine

SCALING LEARNER OPPORTUNITY & ECONOMIC GROWTH ACROSS ARKANSAS

Call for Arkansas Community College Design Teams

The Arkansas Division of Higher Education (ADHE), in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Transportation and Shared Services (TSS) and the Education Design Lab (EDL), announces the "Scaling Learner Opportunity & Economic Growth Across Arkansas Initiative". This two-year effort will engage key stakeholders to design, build, and implement a sustainable education-to-workforce ecosystem that will enable the state to more responsively, flexibly, and quickly respond to the changes in high-demand jobs paying livable wages.

The Lab will bring demonstrated, nearly decade-long experience of working on the ground with stakeholders in the education-to-workforce ecosystem, especially community colleges, supporting them to bolster their internal capacity to address these challenges, add competencies to their teams, and forge meaningful partnerships with other stakeholders. Through the Community College Growth Engine (CCGE), the Lab will provide colleges with a structured, proven education-to-work pathway design process, technical assistance, and a national community of learning to position them as talent suppliers and drivers of innovation between education and employment.

Please see the ADHE EDL Call for Teams for more information. Community colleges interested in participating should submit a letter of interest to ADHE by Friday, September 20, 2024, using this FORM

Informational Webinar 8/28/24

 

If you have questions, please email tina.moore@adhe.edu.