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The hiring impact of student loan changes on a vital field, with AOTA's Abe Saffer.

Mar 24, 2026

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12 min read

The hiring impact of student loan changes on a vital field, with AOTA's Abe Saffer.

Occupation therapists need grad school. They could get squeezed by a new Trump rule.

Nick Beadle

Mar 23, 2026

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7 min read

The future of JOBS THAT WORK...

A big announcement.

Nick Beadle

Rewiring Ed dollars to workforce, blue states' chances at Trump money, and $3.9 billion in grant listings.

Mar 19, 2026

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24 min read

Rewiring Ed dollars to workforce, blue states' chances at Trump money, and $3.9 billion in grant listings.

Plus, another AI-invested company starts a construction apprenticeship partnership.

Nick Beadle

Still workin': How student loan changes could make worker shortages worse.

Mar 17, 2026

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12 min read

Still workin': How student loan changes could make worker shortages worse.

And how universities might use Workforce Pell as a way to survive.

Nick Beadle

Lighting the fuse on a potential apprenticeship blowup.

Mar 13, 2026

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15 min read

Lighting the fuse on a potential apprenticeship blowup.

Hungry for growth, Trump II signals it's going to try to fix one of the apprenticeship's gnarliest problems.

Nick Beadle

Trump II making Trump II's job harder on apprenticeship, Workforce Pell, and $3.7 billion in grants listings.

Mar 12, 2026

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24 min read

Trump II making Trump II's job harder on apprenticeship, Workforce Pell, and $3.7 billion in grants listings.

Plus, NABTU and OpenAI join forces on skilled trades training.

Nick Beadle

How a PBS station in Eastern Washington created one of the best workforce tools I've seen.

Mar 10, 2026

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13 min read

How a PBS station in Eastern Washington created one of the best workforce tools I've seen.

And what policymakers and employers can learn from it.

Nick Beadle

WIOA redo talk, why Arkansas got paid, The Turducken Scandal, and $3.8 billion in grants.

Mar 5, 2026

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26 min read

WIOA redo talk, why Arkansas got paid, The Turducken Scandal, and $3.8 billion in grants.

Plus, the appropriations process lives, big companies and apprenticeship, and Congress talks the Ed-DOL marriage's strain.

Nick Beadle

Trump and the right’s odd relationship with a good workforce idea.

Mar 3, 2026

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14 min read

Trump and the right’s odd relationship with a good workforce idea.

A pretty good bipartisan bill has potential to expand a great hiring strategy that the Trump Administration has aimed at fighting DEIA, for some reason.

Trump wants to 'reimagine' unemployment, an $81 million mashup, and $3.6 billion in grants listings.

Feb 26, 2026

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24 min read

Trump wants to 'reimagine' unemployment, an $81 million mashup, and $3.6 billion in grants listings.

Plus, DOL reboots workforce programs for returning prisoners and sexual assault allegations enter the Labor Secretary scandal.

Nick Beadle

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The hiring impact of student loan changes on a vital field, with AOTA's Abe Saffer.

The future of JOBS THAT WORK...

Rewiring Ed dollars to workforce, blue states' chances at Trump money, and $3.9 billion in grant listings.

Still workin': How student loan changes could make worker shortages worse.

Lighting the fuse on a potential apprenticeship blowup.

Trump II making Trump II's job harder on apprenticeship, Workforce Pell, and $3.7 billion in grants listings.

How a PBS station in Eastern Washington created one of the best workforce tools I've seen.

WIOA redo talk, why Arkansas got paid, The Turducken Scandal, and $3.8 billion in grants.

Trump and the right’s odd relationship with a good workforce idea.

Trump wants to 'reimagine' unemployment, an $81 million mashup, and $3.6 billion in grants listings.

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