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Why Upskilling Matters, Now More Than Ever

We’ve been hearing the warnings for the past few years: “There’s a skills gap in America.” “Workers need to be upskilled to fill the new jobs that will be created by rapidly changing technology.” “We need to train and prepare our workers...
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Art Bilger

Founder and CEO, WorkingNation
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Power of Ideas

Reimagining a World of Learning

The numbers are staggering. Close to 90 percent of the world’s students are impacted by COVID-19 school closures—that’s over 1.5 billion children out of traditional school for the foreseeable future. With public safety of paramount...
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Lori McFarling

President, Corporate & Community Partnerships, Discovery Education
News Release

Michael Milken Engages Crisis Leaders in New Podcast

Responding to COVID-19: Conversations with Mike Milken features medical research, business, and public policy leaders LOS ANGELES, April 7, 2020 – The Milken Institute today introduced a new program focusing on leaders in the war against...
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Mike Milken

Chairman
Mike Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute, has been at the forefront of successful initiatives in medical research, education, public health and access to capital for more than four decades. Fortune called him “The Man Who Changed Medicine” and Forbes listed him among “Visionaries Reimagining Our Children’s Future.”
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