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        <title><![CDATA[Robert Lerman - Institute fellow]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Robert Lerman is an institute fellow at the Urban Institute and board chairman of Apprenticeships for America.
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            <title><![CDATA[How the US Can Make the Apprenticeship Model Work]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Biden administration recognizes the benefits of skills-driven employment programs, but more must be done to make them widespread.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Staff photo by Gregory Rec -- Monday, May 14, 2001 -- Kelly Brazil, left, works with Will Eaton, a freshman at the New School in Kennebunk, putting in a gauge to check the compression of a car they are working on. As part of an apprenticeship program, Brazil teaches students at the New School in Kennebunk about car repair on Friday mornings. Brazil is a youth and family counselor at Sweetser but has background in car repair. (Photo by Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)</media:description>
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