This resource is designed to support government leaders championing skills-based practices in their organization to make the case for workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) instead of a bachelor’s degree to address workforce challenges.

It provides a helpful outline that can be tweaked to a particular state, region, or locality to deliver a customized narrative about who STARs are and how they can expand the talent pool of workers using STARSight. STARSight is a free, dynamic resource that can pull data and create visualizations to empower decision-makers with the data needed to drive action.