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About American Graduate
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) provided a grant to WVIZ/PBS ideastream for the American Graduate Getting to Work initiative to help advance education and career readiness locally. Of the 19 PBS stations receiving grants, Ohio was awarded a statewide collaborative grant. WVIZ/PBS ideastream partnered with WOSU in Columbus and CET in Cincinnati to assess workforce challenges and opportunities, and produce content focused on the essential skills needed for students and workers to succeed in the job markets of today and tomorrow.
The stations coordinate and collaborate to share resources, content, events, distribution networks and services for a deep impact statewide effort to address workforce development through broadcast and digital media.
This initiative represents the next phase of public media’s success during the past six years forging community connections and innovative partnerships to help improve student outcomes. The initiative strives to assess workforce challenges, highlight opportunities for growth, and produce content and engagement events focused on the essential skills needed for students and workers to succeed in the job markets now and in the future.
Through local engagement with business and community leader support, ideastream is reaching out to job seekers and the job influencers in their lives to address the skills gap, which is the difference between in-demand, high potential occupations and a workforce ready and willing to enter them.