Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary education is more important to states than ever before. Within the next decade, nearly two-thirds of the jobs in the U.S. will require some form of college credential. To meet that demand, states must lead efforts to graduate more students from high-quality certificate and degree programs with the resources available.
Insights and Opportunities on Public Sector Skills Based Strategy Efforts
Since 2021, Governors in more than twenty states have taken steps to remove unnecessary bachelor’s degree requirements for jobs in the public sector. This momentum for innovation, spurred by a ...
Cybersecurity Credentialing and Education Resources
As the risk of cyber-attacks increases, it is crucial that Governors support the development of a strong cybersecurity workforce by understanding the current workforce, identifying critical roles, developing career pathways ...
Getting Ready for Let’s Get Ready at the 2024 NGA Summer Meeting
For those who don’t know, the National Governors Association is bipartisan – and not just as a veneer. It is literally built into the structure of the organization, with an ...
Energy Cyber Workforce Policy Brief
Governors play a critical role in creating pathways for cybersecurity professionals, through workforce development programs, reskilling efforts, public outreach, and raising awareness of cybersecurity job opportunities in the energy sector ...
Governors Innovate to Spur Skills-Based Hiring
Bipartisan laws like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the CHIPS and Science Act are designed to support thousands of jobs in every state: Jobs upgrading infrastructure and expanding ...
Governors Provide Student Supports to Address FAFSA Challenges
Governors across the country are committed to providing meaningful, accessible, and affordable postsecondary pathways to residents of their state. This includes providing robust state-based aid programs and quality counseling and ...
State Longitudinal Data Ecosystem
The National Governors Association in partnership with the Data Quality Campaign is working with states in a new learning ecosystem to help Governors’ offices and other state officials better understand ...
EV Workforce Collaborative
City and State leaders are presented with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform their communities thanks to historic federal investments in infrastructure, including those in the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure ...
Early Wins: A Tailored Tool For A Big Problem
Policymakers and technologists who are working to build learning and employment records talk about the ways they could transform how people navigate education and work—supercharging competency-based education, skills-based hiring, and ...
Learning and Employment Records – States And The Infrastructure Of Opportunity
Governors and other state leaders are concerned about the current labor shortage, occurring during a time when many skilled workers are underemployed or even unemployed. Skills-based approaches to hiring and ...
Regional Workshops Explore Healthcare Workforce Solutions
During the past three months, NGA's Healthcare Delivery and Postsecondary Education teams convened teams from 20 states and territories in a series of regional workshops as part of the Next ...
Governors Prioritize Postsecondary Education Pathways in 2023 State of the State Addresses
The vision for postsecondary education at the state level in the coming year is taking shape through Governors’ State of the State and inaugural addresses. To date, every speech has ...
Meet the team
- Amanda Winters, Program Director
- Portia Polk, Senior Policy Analyst
- Abigail Rhim, Policy Analyst
- Eric Aboodi, Policy Coordinator
