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Weekly Workforce Wire

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One email every Sunday afternoon for career schools, community colleges and workforce programs. The week's policy, funding, hiring and AI news, and what it means for your students.

Free, every Sunday at 5 PM ET. Unsubscribe anytime.

Preview of a Weekly Workforce Wire email from Rod at Prentus. It opens with our take on the top story, “Employers Trust College More Than Families Do”, followed by links to all 10 articles worth reading that week, from sources like Inside Higher Ed, Higher Ed Dive and The Hechinger Report.

What lands in your inbox every Sunday

Six beats in one email, and every story links to its original source.

  • Outcomes data and reporting

    FVT/GE filings, first-destination data and state earnings tools. What is due, who missed it and what your data has to show.

  • Workforce Pell and funding

    Workforce Pell eligibility, state performance funding and new grant money, with what each one asks your programs to prove.

  • Hiring and the labor market

    Entry-level demand, apprenticeships and the skills employers screen for, so you can point students toward jobs that are hiring.

  • AI at school and at work

    How students and employers use AI in hiring, and how schools are writing their AI policies.

  • Student support and completion

    Advising capacity, support usage and staffing changes, plus what schools do to keep students on track to a job.

  • One featured take

    Each issue opens with a short take on the week's biggest story and links to the full analysis on the Prentus blog.

Walk into Monday knowing what changed

Each story gets a one-line summary and a link to the source, so you can scan the week in minutes and open only what matters to your programs.

The Wire is written by the team at Prentus, the career outcomes platform, so it tracks the funding rules and outcomes data your programs answer to.

Inside the October 25, 2026 issue

  1. Featured takeEmployers Trust College More Than Families Do
  2. Arizona becomes the 7th Workforce Pell state, starting with a phlebotomy program
  3. Colorado approves just 5 of 20 Workforce Pell programs, and most denials lacked placement data
  4. State Workforce Pell lists run on year-old jobs data, so one op-ed says build for grid jobs now
  5. Certificates make up about 9 in 10 graduates of programs failing the new earnings test

Plus 6 more stories

Read the full issue

Read past issues

Every issue is online with its featured take and every link that went with it.

See all 22 issues

Questions about the Wire

What is the Weekly Workforce Wire?

A free email from Prentus that arrives every Sunday afternoon. Each issue opens with one featured take, then the week's outcomes, funding, hiring and AI news for career schools, community colleges and workforce programs.

When does it arrive?

Every Sunday around 5 PM ET. One issue a week, never more.

Who is it for?

Leaders at career schools, community colleges and workforce programs, plus the career services and workforce development teams who answer for student outcomes.

Is it really free?

Yes. There is no paywall and no upsell, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe link.

What sources do you use?

Federal and state agencies, labor market data, research groups and higher ed trade press. Every story links to its original source.

Can I read past issues?

Yes. Every issue is online in the Workforce Wire archive, with its featured take and every link that went with it.

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