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Innovation Economy: Fuel for the Engines

April 23, 2025 1-minute read

A conversation with researcher and policy strategist Shalin Jyotishi is like witnessing a lecture by a world-class theoretical physicist: You’d better be prepared to take notes. You’ll be led down a path of connections you didn’t know existed. You may leave with more questions than you had when you started.

And you’ll be more excited than ever to find answers to them.

Jyotishi, the founder and managing director for the Future of Work and Innovation Economy Initiative at “nonpartisan think and action tank” New America, in September was announced as the leader of the Accelerator for Community Colleges in the Innovation Economy, launched by New America with a $3 million grant from the Ascendium Education Group in order to “turbocharge the capacity, effectiveness, and impact of community and technical college partners” across the National Science Foundation’s 10 Regional Innovation Engines investments.

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