Lauren Weber

Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

2024 Back to School

Lauren Weber

Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

2024 Back to School
2024 New York, 'Back to School' Summit Day 2
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
4:30 pm

Rethinking Education Finance: Who Pays for Upskilling?

In tight labor markets, employers are scrambling to find talent across key industries. The challenge is exacerbated by the high cost of borrowing and inadequate public funding for non-college training programs, putting careers in growing industies out of reach. Explore how companies are shifting from talent consumers to talent producers, investing in in-house training to bridge the skills gap.