Key Initiatives

Advancing Mobility and Opportunity Through Experimentation

Our core initiatives test, validate, and scale real-world solutions for economic mobility. Each experiment produces insights that reshape how employers hire, educators train, and workers advance.

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Where You Work Matters (WYWM)

Partners

Where You Work Matters (WYWM)

An unprecedent rating of job quality revealing the American employer that enable workers to advance in their careers based on the real world career of more than 12 million American workers.

Key Insights

 
2.5x

Same company, different realities.

Within an average firm, there are roles at the 88th percentile on wages, promotion, and retention and others at the 8th percentile.

The American Opportunity Index

Same company, different realities.

Within an average firm, there are roles at the 88th percentile on wages, promotion, and retention and others at the 8th percentile.

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Skills-First Workforce Initiative

Partners

Skills-First Workforce Initiative

Employer-led framework for Skills-First Practice

Key Insights

 
35 Million

35 Million Workers work in 30 of America's most common jobs, all of which the Skills-First Working Group has created shared skill profiles for

Skills-First Workforce Initiative Expands to 30 Roles, Encompassing over 35 Million Workers

35 Million Workers work in 30 of America's most common jobs, all of which the Skills-First Working Group has created shared skill profiles for

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Credential Value Index (CVI)

Partners

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Credential Value Index (CVI)

We analyzed the careers of 9 million American workers to evaluate the outcomes of >23,000 credentials across dozens of metrics, building a groundbreaking resource to help prospective learners identify which credentials will get them where they want to go.

Key Insights

 
1 in 3

1 in 3 credentials move workers ahead.

No Country for Young Grads

1 in 3 credentials move workers ahead.

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45%

of college grads hold jobs that don't need their degree 10 years down the road.

Talent Disrupted

of college grads hold jobs that don't need their degree 10 years down the road.

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Our Approach

As a lab, we work with partners to design experiments, apply AI and novel data to test solutions, measure outcomes, and scale what works. Our methods include real-time labor market analysis, causal evaluation, and solution prototypes—delivering tangible tools and resources that pinpoint high-mobility pathways and actionable insights to support decision making. The aim: Advance economic opportunity and mobility for all and boost real-world outcomes for education and training.

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