The Center for P-16 Research and Collaboration at the Indiana University School of Education has teamed with the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, one of 10 academic colleges at Purdue University, to improve students’ workforce readiness throughout Indiana and beyond.
The dual-university partnership will address strategies to fill vacancies in Indiana by better preparing students for the workforce. Currently, 2 million Hoosiers need additional training to compete in the 21st-century workforce and fill the estimated 1 million job openings in Indiana by 2025 due to retirements and the creation of new jobs.
Six million jobs were open in the United States in April — a record high, according to data released last week by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. This comes at a time when 6.8 million unemployed Americans are looking for jobs. The collaboration between the universities is critical to address the issue on a statewide level.
A news release with a quote from Dionne Cross Francis, director of the Center for P-16 Research and Collaboration, is available online.
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