NEW! NJ Pathways Monthly Newsletter (4/24)

The NJ Pathways Initiative UNITES Industry and Education Experts to Break Down Silos for True Collaboration

New Jersey’s Community Colleges and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) partnered to launch this unprecedented education and training pathways initiative for strengthening the state’s workforce for residents, businesses, and the economy for years to come.

With the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative (NJ Pathways), New Jersey joins leading states that are transforming their statewide education and workforce development resources to better and more equitably serve students and workers. This transformation includes an intentional commitment to shared goals across the ecosystem of high schools, colleges and universities, employers, labor unions, nonprofits, the public workforce system, and others.

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The 8 Centers of Workforce Innovation in “Year 2” are:

NJ Pathways “Year 1” by the Numbers:

A Message From Our Leadership

“Our NJ Pathways to Career Opportunities initiative is moving full steam ahead and now has more than 1,200 industry and education partners statewide to align education to the workforce needs of industry. This is an enormous undertaking, but together we are breaking unprecedented ground and changing the education model to take New Jersey’s economy to the next level."

Aaron R. Fichtner, Ph.D., President (New Jersey Council of County Colleges)

"The NJ Pathways Initiative is positioning the state to transform and innovate workforce development by building strong industry-driven education and training pathways that will be the foundation of the state’s economy for years to come. We're developing a skilled workforce that can adapt to the changing economy and providing adults the opportunity to obtain new skills and careers."

Catherine Frugé Starghill, Esq., Vice President (New Jersey Council of County Colleges) and Executive Director (New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development)

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Catch Up on Our Virtual Collaborative Meetings:

We recently hosted virtual Industry Collaborative Meetings for the Year 2 Progress Updates of the 8 Centers of Workforce Innovation in all four industry sectors.

These sessions focused on the Year 2 Progress of the Centers of Workforce Innovation and provided an update on the 45 Pathways Projects of the NJ Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative.

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NJ Pathways Summit 2024

Registration Now Open

Focusing on student outcomes, embedding industry credentials in all education and training, and advancing collaboration between academia and workforce development is driving equity at higher education institutions in our state and nationwide.

Please join us at the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Summit taking place June 12 in Atlantic City to continue to plot the course for transformation and innovation.

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