Noncredit workforce training programs are very popular. We know next to nothing about them.
HERA researchers explain why noncredit workforce programs matter and what Virginia's FastForward data can reveal about participation and success.
Di Xu, Ben Castleman, Kelli Bird, Sabrina Solanki, and Michael Cooper describe the scale and importance of noncredit career and technical education and the evidence gap surrounding who enrolls, who completes, who earns credentials, and how participants fare in later education and employment.