Chronicle Festival 2025: What Does It Take to Serve the Workforce Now?

Chronicle of Higher Education · September 19, 2025

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Eric Keldren opened the session by framing a 15‑year enrollment decline since the post‑2009 college push, noting demographic shifts, low unemployment and growing skepticism about colleges' workforce relevance.

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A Chronicle of Higher Education panel in Washington, D.C., brought together Eric Keldren, Louisiana Commissioner Kim Hunter Reid and visiting fellow Ben Woldofsky to discuss how higher education can better connect to the workforce, with emphasis on apprenticeships, program redesign, micro‑credentials and employer roles.

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