2024 Workforce Guide

Ron Starner leads off this year’s Workforce 2024 publication with the results of a survey of leaders in economics, workforce development, site selection and economic development.

What’s the price of a quality education?

Universities around the nation ramp up workforce development efforts in technology and health care.

When the topic turns to the potential impact of artificial intelligence, workforce development analysts consistently liken AI’s rapid and evolving emergence to such era-defining phenomena as the industrial and digital revolutions. AI, experts believe, will reshape the global workplace and redefine how companies compete.

TexasEDConnection communities are an important part of the workforce development fabric set to receive $5 billion in state higher education funding over the next two years.

Top U.S. companies look to harness the talent held by the country’s armed forces.

Lynchburg-based BWXT is expanding on multiple fronts, with part of that growth designed to one day propel astronauts to Mars.

The Brookings Institution’s Martha Ross and Mark Muro explore how federal, state and local leaders can leverage the CHIPS and Science Act as a landmark workforce opportunity.

The Manufacturing Imperative – Workforce Pipeline Challenge from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers is one program empowering the nation’s technical colleges and their students.

New reports address the issue of significant underrepresentation of certain demographics in STEM programs.