The U.S. labor force participation rate has plummeted over the last generation. Why are millions of potential workers dropping out of the workforce? Because when it comes to getting a job, skills matter — but when it comes to staying in a job, purpose matters. Americans want their work to connect to what gives them meaning. As … Continued
Almost every industry is having trouble filling job openings. To fill more positions while finding the right person for the job, employers can turn to skills-based hiring. Helping employers understand skills-based hiring According to SHRM, 72 percent of U.S. workers believe skilled credentials are an affordable way to gain the skills or experience necessary to find … Continued
While Americans rate community safety, law enforcement, and crime as some of the issues that concern them most, it is challenging to get basic information and data regarding how state and local criminal justice systems function. The University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Criminal Justice Innovation Lab addresses that gap by producing foundational research, executing innovative pilot projects, … Continued
The Navajo Nation is one of the largest Native American tribes in North America, but tribal members are moving away from the community’s land at an astonishing rate. More than one-third of members no longer live within the Navajo Nation’s borders and, each year, about 3,500 high school graduates relocate. Structural barriers to economic opportunity … Continued
Few things impact our daily lives more than the homes we live in and where those homes are located. The ability for Americans to access housing is a key driver of economic mobility and growth – for individuals and for entire states. Too often, burdensome barriers from land use regulations, including zoning, limit where Americans … Continued
CKF: What are you studying, and what drew you to that major? FIGUEROA: I competed in debate in high school. I was drawn to the law and loved arguing both sides of an issue, but I actually entered Notre Dame as a finance major. As the first in my family to go to college, I … Continued
Skills for America’s Future and the Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation has launched “Connect to Work AZ,” a program that will address underemployment and unemployment by focusing on communities of color and communities that traditionally have suffered from lack of investment. The program will complement existing Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation efforts to help local employers fill … Continued
In 2017, The Charles Koch Foundation provided a grant to The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law to establish the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC). Led by law professor and sentencing expert Douglas Berman, DEPC develops innovative solutions to challenges in the criminal justice system that keep people safe while respecting the dignity … Continued
Research indicates workers want jobs that give them meaning — that align with who they are as a person and what they want to contribute to the world. Still, many employers are slow to respond to this signal, or don’t know how. In a RealClearMarkets op-ed, Clayton Christensen Institute Co-Founder Michael Horn and Charles Koch Foundation Executive … Continued
Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) Executive Director Ryan Stowers recently joined top education innovators from all over the world at the ASU-GSV Summit 2023. ASU-GSV Summit 2023 discusses importance of culture in postsecondary education The conference featured a fireside chat between Stowers and Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III, emeritus president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), … Continued
