Internships and Apprenticeships in a Newly Virtual Workplace
Evidence First
English - June 09, 2021 19:41 - 8 minutes - 12 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNon-Profit Business Education walmart evidence newyorktimes poverty research starbucks unemployment workforce workforcedevelopment youth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: How One Home Visiting Model Adapted During the Pandemic
Work-based learning opportunities, like internships and apprenticeships, are a critical component to many career and technical education programs. They can help participants develop critical skills for in-demand careers. The abrupt shift to virtual education caused by the pandemic hit these programs especially hard.
In this episode, Leigh Parise talks with Hannah Dalporto, a research associate at MDRC, who recently cowrote a piece about how employers and trainers have been adapting their services during the pandemic to keep students connected to the labor market.