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Workforce Strategy Center

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Workforce Strategy Center (WSC) is a nonprofit organization that works with federal, state and local workforce development and economic development agencies and community colleges to align policies and practices to help workers advance in a changing economy.[1][2] The organization focuses on working with other entities to transition workers displaced from their previous jobs into new careers.

The WSC were involved in the Career Pathways model, a framework for career advancement,[3][4] for which they have been credited as one of the "major players".[5] Other work includes the 2001 coauthored The Case For Community Colleges: Aligning Higher Education and Workforce Needs in Massachusetts, recommending significant changes to community colleges.[6][7]

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  1. ^ Peter, Tom A. (February 25, 2008)."Robots set to overhaul service industry, jobs", The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Anglin, Roland V. (2017) Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development, Routledge. ISBN 9781351552998
  3. ^ Education Commission of the States (2007) "Economic and Workforce Development", The Progress of Education Reform 2007, Vol. 8, No. 2. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  4. ^ Levinson, David L. (2005). Community Colleges: A Reference Handbook, ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576077665 p 159.
  5. ^ Career Pathways as a Systemic Framework: Rethinking Education for Student Success in College and Careers, (2007), The League for Innovation in the Community College. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Carmichael, Mary (November 19, 2011). "Community colleges dispute call for overhaul", The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  7. ^ Shaffer, David (2013) "Workforce Development in Community Colleges", in Lane, Jason; Johnstone, D. Bruce Higher Education Systems 3.0: Harnessing Systemness, Delivering Performance, SUNY Press, ISBN 9781438449784. pp 250-251.