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Work Shift
February 5, 2025Merit America’s Expansion to Semiconductors Highlights Training Programs’ Shift Away from Tech
Read moreAssociated Press
November 20, 2024Merit America and America’s Frontier Fund Foundation Partner With Austin Community College to Help Prepare Americans for the Semiconductor Workforce
Read moreBusinesswire
September 24, 2024Banyan Software Launches Foundation With $100M Pledge of Stock to Fund a Greener and More Equitable World
Read moreStand Together
May 30, 2024Fulfillment and a higher salary? This group says both are possible.
Read moreWork Forces
May 21, 2024Exploring How Innovative Coaching and Financial Models Are Making In-Demand Careers Accessible
Read moreThe Hechinger Report
May 21, 2024OPINION: Americans need help paying for new, nondegree programs and college alternatives
Read morePhilanthropy News Digest
May 20, 2024Merit America receives $15.6 million from Crankstart
Read moreWorklife
February 27, 2024For most companies skills-based hiring is pretty much all talk, report finds
Read moreThe Chronicle of Higher Ed
February 15, 2024Why It’s So Hard to Get People Back in College Once They’ve Quit
Read moreThe Hechinger Report
October 17, 2023OPINION: Here’s why a costly college education should not be the only path to career success
Read moreFortune
August 10, 2023Merit America alum shares how he went from bartending to tripling his salary as an IT systems administrator
Read moreFortune
August 8, 2023These workers stuck in low-wage jobs saw their salaries nearly double in 3 months thanks to this nonprofit
Read morePR Newswire
August 1, 2023Merit America Alumni Experience a $24,000 Wage Increase 3+ months Post-Program, According to University of Virginia Analysis
Read moreCNBC
May 23, 2023What these 4-day workweek CEOs look for in new hires: ‘We really need people who check their egos’
Read moreMedium
May 18, 2023Rebecca Taber Staehelin of Merit America: 5 Things That Should Be Done To Improve The US Educational System
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal
May 18, 2023Job Prospects for Black Workers Have Never Been Better—In Ways That Might Last
Read moreAfroTech
March 25, 2023Workforce Development Organization Merit America Helps Black Professionals Ease Into High-Wage Careers
Read moreUSA Today
March 15, 2023Is it possible to avoid student debt? These career, education tracks offer a different path
Read moreEarly Warning
February 22, 2023Early Warning Partners with Merit America To Support Local Community
Read moreITPro Today
February 11, 2023How Registered Apprenticeships Could Ease Tech Talent Shortage
Read moreWork Shift
January 4, 2023Layoffs and the long game for apprenticeships and tech training
Read moreYahoo! News
December 8, 2022Merit America Awarded $10M Grant From Ascendium Education Group
Read moreAP News
September 21, 2022Coalition of Nearly 50 Organizations Launches ‘Tear the Paper Ceiling’ Campaign to Raise Awareness Around the 70+ Million Workers in the U.S. Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs)
Read moreCNBC
September 10, 2022‘It’s not enough:’ Student loan forgiveness means less for the millions of borrowers who never finished college
Read moreHBS Managing the Future of Work
August 3, 2022Working poor to upwardly mobile: Merit America’s formula for change
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal
July 29, 2022Companies Increase Efforts to Recruit Black Remote Workers to Diversify Their Workforce
Read moreThe Washington Post
July 8, 2022More workers without degrees are landing jobs. Will it last?
Read moreFast Company
June 23, 2022What the future of hybrid work will (and won’t) look like, according to 27 business leaders
Read moreUSA Today
June 23, 2022Middle class, minus debt: Apprenticeships, certificates offer low-cost option to college
Read moreThe New York Times
FEBRUARY 17, 2022Google Creates $100 Million Fund for Skills Training Program
Read moreDallas Innovates
NOVEMBER 22, 2021Capital One Awards $500K in Grant Funding to Dallas-Area Nonprofits
Read moreWorkingNation
OCTOBER 18, 2021Ravi Kumar on hiring for potential and the value of the earn-and-learn model
Read moreThe New York Times
AUGUST 18, 2021Workers, in Demand, Have a New Demand of Their Own: A Career Path
Read moreThe Chronicle of Philanthropy
JULY 21, 2021$60 Million in New Grants Help Nonprofits Innovate Quickly to Close Financial Equity Gaps
Read moreYahoo! Finance
JUNE 29, 2021OneTen Launches Technology Platform to Create and Enable One Million Career Opportunities for Black Talent Over the Next 10 Years
Read moreTechRepublic
MAY 11, 2021Google relaunching career certificates, job board and scholarship program
Read moreTraining Industry
JUNE 23, 2020Case Study: Amazon Career Choice Makes Learning Accessible
Read moreCNBC
MAY 28, 2020Laid off during the pandemic? Honing these skills can boost your job prospects
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