Scholarships for Laid-Off Workers
- Thread starter Xue Sheng
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Funding 2-year degrees and other training can easily pay for itself in keeping people off unemployment/welfare/etc., I'd say! Cheap and effective.
Gordon Nore
Senior Master
I think it makes good sense. Students and workers have been told for years, 'You'll change careers X times in your life and have to go back and retrain.' Problem is, someone who's just been laid off can't manage rent/mortgage, bills, savings and magically produce a retraining fund.
I used to teach in the community college system in Ontario several years ago. I had lots of seasoned workers as students who were trying to get back in the game. The challenge, as I saw it, was that the college system was stuck in the days of 2-3 year programs, which are fine for people just coming out of high school, but Hell for mature students.
For post-secondary institutions to effectively retrain adult workers, I believe we're going to need a host of strategies to help people re-enter the workplace quickly.
I used to teach in the community college system in Ontario several years ago. I had lots of seasoned workers as students who were trying to get back in the game. The challenge, as I saw it, was that the college system was stuck in the days of 2-3 year programs, which are fine for people just coming out of high school, but Hell for mature students.
For post-secondary institutions to effectively retrain adult workers, I believe we're going to need a host of strategies to help people re-enter the workplace quickly.
