Date: March 3, 2020

Presenter: Mark Perna

Objective: Discuss the innovations and strategies that are changing the education and workforce development paradigm nationwide; Share how the single most important competitive advantage in todayʻs workforce is the synergy of academic knowledge and technical skills – and how you can help students to achieve it

• Shifting the paradigm on how we think about career readiness
• Bridging education to career
• Creating a partnership between the DOE, UHCC and the workforce
• Expanding career guidance and academic counseling