Lee Branstetter Awarded "Future of Work" Grant by NSF

Metro21 faculty member Lee Branstetter has received one of 14 "Future of Work" grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will fund a project that will investigate how AI-augmented learning can help accelerate student progress in community college information technology (IT) courses.

"The digital economy is a source of opportunity, but most IT jobs are open only to workers with a university degree, leaving jobs unfilled and employees locked out of jobs for which they have the right aptitude but not the right degree. This grant will allow us to address worker shortages while creating cost-effective accessible pathways to living wage digital economy jobs for workers who previously lacked those opportunities." - Professor Lee Branstetter

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