Indiana Commission for Higher Education Highlights Indiana Chamber, Institute for Workforce Excellence in New Report

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE) released the Partnership Pentagon report, which highlights the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s role in encouraging employers to engage in talent development, supporting workforce and education initiatives and promoting work-based learning programs. Todd Hurst, Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Impact and Jason Bearce, Vice President of Workforce and Education provided their knowledge and expertise to the report.

Hurst says, “As always the Indiana Commission for Higher Education has been a valued partner of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to continuing our relationship to increase the amount of employers taking advantage of the EARN Indiana funding program, offering employers a 50% wage reimbursement for hiring eligible work-based learning students. As outlined in the report, we will continue to partner with CHE to increase employer engagement in the education and workforce landscape, encouraging employers to see themselves as co-developers of talent, through offering high quality work-based learning programs with credentials, providing feedback on competency alignment for improving educational degree programs and encouraging employers to offer more employees the opportunity to skill-up and take advantage of additional training opportunities.”

The Indiana Chamber will continue to engage with CHE on a number of workforce development initiatives. These goals and priorities align closely with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Indiana Prosperity 2035 Plan. If interested in learning more about how the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Institute for Workforce Excellence are partnering with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education on workforce initiatives and you as employer would like to get involved, reach out to our Director, Sally Saydshoev ssaydshoev@indianachamber.com.