Success, Redefined: How Nondegree Pathways Empower Youth to Chart Their Own Course to Confidence, Employability, and Financial Freedom

Toolkit Year
2024
Toolkit Publisher
Jobs for the Future
Toolkit Purpose

This report aims to better understand the motivations, circumstances, influencers, priorities, and satisfaction level of today’s “non-college youth” to ensure that emerging generations of students have access to accurate information about the many viable pathways that exist and how they might pursue them.

Summary of Toolkit Approach

Jobs for the Future surveyed over a thousand young adults who are not pursuing a four-year degree. Around half of the survey respondents have chosen to pursue nondegree, education-to-career pathways such as apprenticeship, certification, and licensure. The other half of the respondents have chosen not to pursue any post-secondary education.

Toolkit Intended Audience

Youth Advocates.

Toolkit Based On

Research conducted by Jobs for the Future.

Toolkit Target Population
Youth; Employers.
Primary Career Pathways Element Addressed
Name
Comprehensive