{"product_id":"9781439903865","title":"Workforce Intermediaries: For The 21St Century","description":"Confronted with businesses facing a long-term shortage of skilled workers and evaluations showing that job training for the poor over the past 25 years had produced only meager results, a number of groups throughout the country have sought to find a more effective approach. The efforts of these partnerships, which editor Robert Giloth calls \"workforce intermediaries,\" are characterized by a focus on improving business productivity and helping low-income individuals not just find a job, but advance over time to jobs that enable them to support themselves and their families. This book takes stock of the world of workforce intermediaries: entrepreneurial partnerships that include businesses, unions, community colleges, and community organizations. Noted scholars and policy makers examine the development and effectiveness of these intermediaries, and a concluding chapter discusses where we need to go from here, if society is to provide a more coherent approach to increasing the viability and capacity of these important institutions.Published in association with The American Assembly, Columbia University.","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154203132144,"sku":"9781439903865","price":66.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439903865_p0.jpg?v=1763758464","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439903865","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}