Adult PSE - TalentFirst

Beyond Bus Passes: Colleges Need Systemic Path to Student Success

Helping students find postsecondary success begins an institutional commitment to creating a culture of caring that drives decision making across the institution. Once that commitment...

$5 million grant program to foster innovation in adult postsecondary success

NEWS RELEASE: The Michigan Center for Adult College Success today unveiled a $5 million grant program for colleges and universities to help working-age adults earn...

Pilot Aims to Help Working Adults Get the Education They Need to Succeed

Despite some encouraging news about Michigan’s high school graduation rate, demographics are still not on our side....

How West Michigan Businesses are Supporting Postsecondary Attainment

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who in her inaugural address in 2019 included a commitment to ensuring “everyone in the state has the education and skills needed...

Assessing Racial Disparities in West Michigan’s Labor Market

The unemployment rate, labor force participation rate, and postsecondary attainment rate within a region are among the most pervasive indicators of economic prosperity utilized today....

Q4 Labor Market Report Highlights

This week marks the release of Talent 2025’s seventh annual talent demand report, the Q4 2020 Labor Market Report, which is the first quarterly report...

Credential Attainment: How We Keep Pace with a Knowledge Economy

Note: This is the eighth in a series of posts analyzing the nine key strategies cited in our 20/20 Vision Report.

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