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Linking Growth and Opportunity: Findings from the Front
A national report that summarizes what regions are doing to grow their economies and create widespread economic opportunity (part of FutureWorks' Regional Prosperity Project).

Supporting Wealth Drivers through Technical Talent
The first in a series of short papers commissioned by the Hire Up Indy Council to address the employment demand of Central Indiana’s key economic drivers.

Lessons Learned from the America Works Initiative
This report summarizes the lessons learned from a Walmart Foundation initiative, exploring innovative approaches to change the way regions organize their workforce development efforts.

Completion with a Purpose
FutureWorks’ report to Indiana’s Educational Roundtable analyzes and recommends a fundamental restructuring of skill development to align with the state’s wealth driving sectors.

Certificates Count: An Analysis of Sub-baccalaureate Certificates
This report, commissioned by Complete College America, shows that to significantly boost postsecondary graduation rate, we must reinvent higher education to meet the needs of the new majority of students who must balance the jobs they need with the education they desire.

Educational Attainment Strategies for Working Adults and Nontraditional Students: Applying New Models in Postsecondary Education
This report summarizes leading trends and programs in new educational strategies to increase educational attainment among working adults and younger, non-traditional populations.

The Crisis in Adult Education
An analysis that appeared in the National Academy of Sciences, Issues in Science and Technology about the hurdles and huge opportunity to fuel our nation’s growth through new strategies to help undereducated adults.