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National Skills Coalition experts can provide background and comment on a range of issues that impact the development of a skilled workforce, including higher education, workforce, trade, tax, and budget policy.

To interview a member of our staff, please contact:
Joshua Spaulding, Communications Director | 202.223.8991 ext. 107

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2013

Sequester: How People Helping the Jobless End Up Jobless | Huffington Post, 05.16.2013

Iowa View: State must close the skills gap facing workers | Des Moines Register, 05.05.2013 

G.O.P. Claims Victory as Bill to Curb Flight Delays Passes | New York Times, 04.26.2013

Stealth Sequester? Where It's Really Being Felt | CNBC, 04.24.2013

Job numbers show recovery still needed | Canton Daily Register, 04.18.2013

Emily Holubowich, Joel Packer/Rachel Gragg: Disastrous budget cuts | Providence Journal, April 18, 2013

Anemic Job Gain Deflates Optimism | Chicago Tribune, 04.06.2013

Perez is the best choice to head Labor Department | The Hill, 03.20.2013

The Ryan Budget: A Self-Referential Approach to Pell | Huffington Post, 03.18.2013

Hoyer: This is Not the Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Congress Should Pass | Newsroom America, 03.15.2013

Sequestration: The Challenges Ahead for Learners | Huffington Post, 03.11.2013

Skills gap to widen as job training programs face drastic cuts | Medill Reports, 03.07.2013

House GOP to shift focus from cuts to consider bill on job-training programs | The Hill, 03.06.2013

Rayl and Jones: Michigan economy depends on skilled work force | Detroit News, 03.05.2013

Impacts of Sequester coming to Mass | Daily Free Press, 03.05.2013

Sequestration Presents Uncertain Outlook for Students, Researchers, and Job-Seekers | The Chronicle of Higher Education, 03.01.2013

‘Middle Skills’ support sought | Gazette-Virginian, 02.28.2013

VIDEO: Forced budget cuts will pinch Minnesotans | PDF | KARE11, 02.28.2013

Rep. Mike Shirkey invites Jackson manufacturing association leader to speak before House committee | MLive.com, 02.28.2013

Minnesota stands to lose millions if no deal struck | SCTimes.com, 02.28.2013

Sequester Watch: Job-Training and Medical-Research Programs Expect ‘Devastating’ Cuts | Chronicle of Higher Education, 02.27.2013

Federal cuts might affect Licking County programs | Newark Advocate, 02.27.2013

Sequestration: Thousands of jobs, millions in funding at stake for Arkansas | Arkansas News, 02.26.2013

Federal Spending Cuts Would Hit New York State Broadly | WGRZ, 02.25.2013

Sequester Cuts Would Hit Education, Law Enforcement, Worker Training And Federal Parks | Huffington Post, 02.25.2013

The Basic Skills Crisis: A Barrier to Answering the President’s Postsecondary Call to Action | The Evolllution, 02.19.2013

Closing the Skills Gap, Creating Opportunity: We Have a Way, But Do We Have the Will? | Huffington Post, 02.13.2013

Unusual Allies Fight Sequester Cuts | Roll Call, 02.11.2013
NSC is a co-convener of NDD United

Defense, domestic groups ally for last-minute drive to halt sequester | The Hill, 02.10.2013
NSC is a co-convener of NDD United

It's Time to Give Workers Basic Skills | Politico, 02.10.2013

Sector Partnerships Key to Good Jobs, Growing Economy | The Hill, 02.04.2013

Ask the Experts: Skills Gap | PBS, 2013.02.01

More Money Needed to Close Middle Skill Gap, Group Says | Business Record, 2013.01.31

 2012  

Building Tomorrow's Manufacturing Workforce | Manufacturing Pulse, 2012.12.31

Metal Cutters See Business Climbing | Wall Street Journal, 2012.12.10

Can Obama deliver on his education-to-jobs proposal | National Journal, 2012.11.29

Teaching the Grown-Ups | National Journal, 2012.11.19

Western Massachusetts unemployment officials cite importance of job training funding | The Republican, 10.31.2012

Staying on Track to Close the Gap | Brainpower Blog, 08.13.2012

Senate Targets Economic Development and Job Creation; Approves Key Infrastructure Investments | Press Release, 07.23.2012

House GOP, Democrats disagree on job-training programs | USA Today, 06.06.2012

College isn't what it used to be, but it's critical | Denver Post, 06.06.2012

Obama Vs. Romney: Future of the workforce | National Journal, 06.01.2012

Finger Lakes Community College students prepare for the future | MPNnow, 04.22.2012

With demand up, job training funds drop | UPI, 04.09.2012

Federal funds to train jobless are drying up | New York Times, 04.08.2012 

Even In A Tough Job Market, Young Workers Avoid 'Middle Skill' Jobs | WFAE 90.7FM, 03.12.2012

Community colleges now in the spotlight | Asbury Park Press, 03.12.2012
(Reprinted in the Daily Record)

Speed puts community colleges front and center | CBS News, 02.21.2012
(Reprinted in ABC News, Boston.com, Huffington Post, SunHerald.com, Times Online, The Hour Online, and KSRO Newstalk)

Training our workers to succeed – Today and tomorrow | LynnField Patch, 01.30.2012

Obama aims for a skilled workforce | National Journal, 01.30.2012

Obama State Of The Union speech calls for job training, unemployment insurance reform | Huffington Post, 01.24.2012