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Center for the Future of Work

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With the rapid transformation of the nature of work in today’s world, the Center for the Future of Work at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) is crucial. The center is dedicated to preparing students, educators, the community and employer partners for dynamic and ever-evolving workforce and workplace demands.

The Center for the Future of Work taps into Tri-C’s resources and partners with industry experts to connect with the new world of work.  

At the center, we aim to: 

  • Align Skills: Provide professional skill development that our students and community members need now and throughout their lives. 
  • Conduct Research: Sponsor research that addresses our pressing questions and informs policy. 
  • Develop Policy: Formulate compelling ideas, meaningful guidelines and strategies that result in changes at scale. 
  • Impact our Community and Economy: Address drivers of economic mobility in tangible ways that encourage all our students to participate in the regional economy. 

College Partners at the Center for the Future of Work

  • Faculty Externship Design Team
  • Faculty-Led AI Task Force
  • Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
  • Ideation Station and “Fab Lab”
  • Information Technology Services
  • Institute for Economic Mobility
  • Podcast Studio
  • School of Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering and Computer Science
  • The Center for Entrepreneurs
  • Transformation Station

Tri-C's Statement of Principle Regarding AI

View our collected research resources from around the globe on the topic of “work” and the “future of work".

Organizations

  • Central New Mexico Community College
  • Education Design Lab
  • EmployIndy
  • Employ Prince George's
  • General Assembly
  • Imagine Center at Johns Hopkins University
  • Northeast Ohio Cyber Consortium
  • Sacramento State: AI Institute + Czar
  • Working Nation
  • Work Shift

Podcasts

  • Career ReLaunch (Podcasts)

Articles

  • Forbes: What Can We Learn From Louisville About Equitable Economic Recovery?
  • Indeed: Interpreter Skills: Definition and Examples
  • The Verge: We Have To Stop Ignoring AI's Hallucination Problem
  • Forbes: The Top 10 In-Demand Skills for 2030
  • EdTech: What Is a Chief AI Officer, and Should Your University Appoint One?
  • Forbes: Why the Humanities Matter More Than Ever Even When You Keep Hearing Otherwise
  • The Johns Hopkins News-Letter: The Humanities Are Being Neglected in American Universities
  • Ed Surge: A Fifth of Community College Students Are Still in High School
  • Forbes: Colleges, Companies and Communities Are Working Together To Improve Higher Ed
  • Bowdoin: The High Value of Low-Tech Classes
  • Inside Higher Ed: Why We Need the Humanities in Today's Career-Focused World
  • TLNT: How To Build an AI-Skilled Workforce
  • Forbes: From Jobs to Skills: What the Future of Work Will Look Like
  • Forbes: The Future of Work Will Demand These 8 "New" Skills
  • Forbes: Colleges Must Do More for Their Grads To Make Higher Ed Worth the Investment
  • Wired: AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South
  • NPR: This Boss Vowed To Help His Workers With Child Care. It Hasn't Been Easy
  • Qualia: Handwriting Boosts Brain Connectivity More Than Typing Research Shows
  • CXOTech: Blocking the Use of Generative AI? 'I'm Sorry, Dave. I'm Afraid I Can't Do That.'

These experiences enhance program visibility, cultivate important relationships, and help to develop a dynamic hiring environment for Tri-C students.

Connecting Employers to Faculty

Benefits for employer partners:

  • Generating creative ideas for pressing challenges
  • Building relationships with key Cuyahoga Community College thought leaders
  • Sharing industry trends with those teaching regional community college students
  • Broadening their organization's network and exposure to academic pathways that align with industry needs
  • Producing tangible outcomes and applying faculty expertise to current business needs

Benefits for faculty:

  • Fostering relationships between Tri-C faculty and area employers to generate collaborative opportunities for shaping the regional workforce
  • Conducting in-depth research in their fields
  • Developing or expanding their curricula
  • Enhancing pedagogical approaches to provide students with up-to-date skills and knowledge
  • Expanding professional networks
  • Learning more about current issues facing the industry and our community
  • Earning a stipend

Tri-C Faculty Design Team:

  • David Bernatowicz, Associate Professor, History
  • Matthew Crowley, Assistant Professor, Information Technology
  • Michael Flatt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Sociology
  • Michele Hampton, Ph.D., Professor, Business Administration, Economics
  • Rachel Stehle, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Sociology
  • Lemuel Stewart III, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Counseling
  • Marty Walsh, Assistant Professor, Information Technology

Community Partners

  • Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA)
  • Cuyahoga County's Office of Small Business and the Department of Economic Development
  • Northeast Ohio Worker Center

Community Events

  • BDPA AI Workshops
  • Business Breakfasts

How to reach us

Jessica Colombi
Executive Director, Economic Development and Public Policy
216-987-4813
jessica.colombi@tri-c.edu

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