Harvard, NOVA, Ed. Design Lab Work to Strengthen Community College Capacity to Drive Econ. Growth

July 30, 2024 / General NOVA News

On Wednesday, July 24, Harvard’s Project on Workforce, alongside Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and Education Design Lab, hosted an interactive convening at NOVA’s Ernst Center on the Annandale Campus. This event brought together 100+ community college and policy leaders from across the country for a day filled with panels and hands-on workshops focused on strengthening community colleges’ capacity to drive economic mobility and regional growth.

If you’re interested in learning more about our research on the innovative practices that position U.S. community colleges as pathways to quality employment, check out the book that inspired this event, America’s Hidden Economic Engines, available on Harvard Education Press.

President Kress addresses the convening. — President Kress addresses the group.

Attendees line up in the Annandale Campus' Ernst Center.

Submitted by:
Steve Partridge, VP for Strategy, Research and Workforce Innovation, SPartridge@nvcc.edu