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Explore the pressing issues of Massachusetts workforce development with Michael D. Goodman, expert in public policy. Discover strategies to address talent shortages, education gaps, and labor force barriers in this thought-provoking session.

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  1. Welcome To view bios and an agenda for today’s program, scan this code:

  2. Framing the Massachusetts Workforce ChallengeMichael D. Goodman, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy Executive Director, the Public Policy Center (PPC)University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Co-Editor, MassBenchmarks http://www.umassd.edu/ppc Twitter: @Mike_Goodman

  3. Our central competitive advantage is the talent and innovative capacity of our people

  4. Our population isn’t growing fast enough the old fashioned way Source: Population Estimates Program, UMass Donahue Institute

  5. We rely on foreign born workers to keep our workforce growing Source: (2016) Clayton-Matthews, A. & Nakosteen, R. “Economic Strength Girds Massachusetts in a World of Economic Uncertainty” MassBenchmarks, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 5-13.

  6. STEM workers are in high demand in a wide variety of STEM and non STEM settings

  7. Postsecondary education is increasingly a prerequisite for a living wage outside the skilled trades

  8. Focus on: Improving access to postsecondary education

  9. Focus on: Reducing barriers to labor force participation

  10. Focus on: Developing the so-called “soft skills”

  11. Focus on: The very different needs of our regions and labor markets

  12. Focus on: Closing the Educational Achievement Gap Inadequate educational opportunity not only wastes much needed talent, it also denies economic opportunities to working families and low-income communities Source: The Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership

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