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As reported in Success, Redefined (October 2023), Jobs for the Future (JFF) and American Student Assistance partnered to study how nondegree pathways empower youth to chart their own course to confidence, employability, and financial freedom. The study population was youth ages 13-24 (Gen Z). Study areas included:
Morning Consult conducted the survey of over 1,100 non-college youth who were not pursuing a four-year degree to learn about their post-high school education preferences. The survey explored the preferences, feelings, and perceptions of three groups:
Foundational to this study is the education-to-career pathways vision (see page 8 of report) that all young people need the skills to participate in, adapt to, and thrive in an increasingly complicated and rapidly changing workforce. Accepting and embracing this will benefit more people from a wider diversity of backgrounds and life circumstances. Personalized pathways—not one-size-fits-all models—are the vision, as is a career-oriented education landscape where credentials can be unlocked as desired or needed, and where such credentials may be stacked and carried with a person for the duration of their career and applied to any future education and training.
Full report: https://expandopportunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ASA_JFF_Success_Redefined.pdf
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