Career coaches strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system, but sustaining these connections requires additional resources after the grant period¶
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q2 i? Career coaches strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system to better serve clients. → Margaret Sullivan 2015
q2 i? Sustaining these college-workforce connections will require additional resources after the grant period. → Margaret Sullivan 2015
Evidence¶
Margaret Sullivan 2015¶
Margaret Sullivan, Brittany English, Alyson Burnett, Jillian Berk. (2015). Implementing the Virginia RETHINKS Health Sciences Education TAACCCT Grant. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/implementing-the-virginia-rethinks-health-sciences-education-taaccct-grant
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Implementation study drawing on site visits, focus groups, telephone interviews and document review reports that "Career coaches have strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system to better serve clients," with sustainability contingent on post-grant resources.
"Career coaches have strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system to better serve clients, but sustaining these connections will require additional resources after the grant period."
Discussion¶
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Career coaches strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system, but sustaining these connections requires additional resources after the grant period |
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Career coaches strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system, but sustaining these connections requires additional resources after the grant period |
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