A FEW MONTHS ago, people in the apprenticeship space in Arkansas received calls from a reporter for National Public Radio. She wanted to know more about the fact that the State of Arkansas had been selected by the U.S. Department of Labor to administer a major national fund for apprenticeships in manufacturing. After a lot […]
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MEET SHELBY WRIGHTAge: 30Hometown: Fort Worth, TexasApprenticeship: Medical Assistant, Best Start Pediatrics MY BACK STORY My family is actually from Albuquerque, New Mexico, but we moved to Weatherford, Texas, when I was 4, going on 5. My family’s kind of what we call a patchwork family. My parents got divorced and remarried, so I have
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Is tech-enabled gambling just that—or is it reshaping work, risk, and decision-making in America?  Editor’s note: Wondering if there were an angle on the explosive growth of online betting suitable for this newsletter, we dispatched our intrepid contributing-editor-in-training, ChatGPT, to investigate. Here, with considerable human input, is his report: _______________________________ SOME SAY THAT if
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The Director’s Chair FIRST OF ALL, be sure to read this month’s Q & A with National Public Radio correspondent Andrea Hsu, the reporter who came to Little Rock earlier this year and ended up producing two NPR pieces on apprenticeships and Arkansas’ prominent role in helping make this alternative hiring strategy the national success
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Will A.I. enhance, or eliminate, these jobs?…The three essential roles that companies need to innovate at scale…What Chinese stocks reveal about A.I.’s limits. Check it all out right here. Enhance or Eliminate? How AI Will Likely Change These Jobs – Harvard Business School  Three Essential Roles Companies Need to Innovate at Scale – Harvard