RETHINKS Health Sciences Education

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 2 studies (1 associational, 1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description

A TAACCCT-funded Virginia community-college workforce-development initiative that used career coaching and related strategies to connect workers with health-sciences education and employment pathways.

Components

• Career coaching as a bridge strategy between workforce development and community college systems: The report frames career coaching as a strategy to close systemic gaps: coaches were hired to "close gaps in training, capacity, and supportive activities that existed between the workforce development and community college system so that Virginia workers are better prepared for employment." It operated as one of seven strategies of the RETHINKS Health Sciences Education program, funded by a $24 million TAACCCT grant and implemented across all 23 Virginia community colleges. The framework positions coaching as supportive infrastructure linking dislocated and low-skilled workers to credential-bearing pathways. (Cecilia Speroni (2015))

Claims

• Coaches appeared to expand exposure to and completion of community college programs, consistent with the strategy's goals [+W]
• Coaching participants were more likely than nonparticipants to obtain career studies certificates and associate degrees despite higher-risk characteristics [+W]
• Career coaches strengthened collaboration between colleges and the workforce development system, but sustaining these connections requires additional resources after the grant period [+W]

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Key Sources

• Cecilia Speroni, Nan Maxwell. (2015). Bridging the Gap in Workforce and Education Services: Career Coaching in the Virginia RETHINKS Health Sciences Education TAACCCT Program. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/bridging-the-gap-in-workforce-and-education-services-career-coaching-in-the-virginia-rethinks-health

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