Jan. 20, 2022
Shalin Jyotishi reflects on a recent investment from Amazon in community college preparation programs and why it needs to be a "two-way-street."
Two-Way Street: Shalin Jyotishi, senior policy analyst for the Center on Education & Labor at New America, sees an opportunity for AWS and Amazon to work with colleges to create stackable pathways for workers who aren’t currently enrolled in college.
“One challenge I’ve observed in the market of employer-issue credentials and training is that other employers in the industry may not recognize it,” he said. “If a worker can leverage in-house training from Amazon to progress in their careers at Amazon, that’s great, but what if they have to or want to move to another opportunity?”
Colleges and universities, Jyotishi said, could build out their prior learning assessment infrastructure to help workers get credit for credentials from AWS and other employers.
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