Healthcare Career and Technical Education Initiative

As part of a new Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative, the Project on Workforce will explore and document activities at healthcare career and technical high schools and hospitals across the country.

Context

Bloomberg Philanthropies has launched a $250 million initiative to create new high schools nationwide that will graduate students directly into high-demand healthcare jobs with family-sustaining wages. This first-of-its kind initiative pairs education and hospital systems in different communities across the U.S., including Atlanta/GA, Boston/MA, Charlotte/NC, Dallas/TX, Demopolis/AL, Durham/NC, Houston/TX, Nashville/TN, New York/NY, Philadelphia/PA, Saint Louis/MO, and Northeast TN.

Schools will offer students robust academic programming, specialized healthcare classes, work-based learning at the partner health system, and the opportunity to earn industry-valued credentials and certifications.

Immediately upon graduation, students can enter healthcare jobs within the partner healthcare system or choose to advance their healthcare career through post-secondary education.

Project Overview

The Project on Workforce is leading the research efforts for the Bloomberg Philanthropies' CTE Healthcare Initiative. Our work includes collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative student, school, and hospital data to identify “what works” in improving students’ education and economic outcomes and mitigating healthcare workforce shortages. We are developing solutions to streamline data reporting and sharing of research-relevant data, producing briefs with interim findings, and publishing annual research reports targeting external audiences. We are also hosting a summer research fellowship dedicated to this project.

Learn more about our Healthcare CTE Fellowship, where fellows will research and analyze the early practices, challenges, perspectives, and structures at participating sites whose schools launched in 2024.

Project Team

• Primary Investigator: Joseph Fuller

• Directors: Kerry McKittrick and Nathalie Gazzaneo

• Lead Evaluator: Matt Snodgrass

• Project Manager: Ariel Higuchi