The University of Nebraska at Omaha is proud to launch a center that will serve as an ecosystem of workforce development initiatives to meet today's dynamic regional and national needs.
Competency-Based Education (CBE)
Connecting Competencies, Curriculum & Careers
The center supports efforts to design and expand competency-based education (CBE) at UNO, including a campus-wide CBE framework, learning maps that connect academic competencies to career outcomes, and faculty training and resources to integrate CBE into curricula.
Skills Lab
Empowering Student Success with Verified Skills and Career-Focused Learning
The Skills Lab connects academics and industry to assess, validate, and build workforce-relevant skills, creating a campus-wide framework that enhances career readiness and economic mobility at UNO.
Future of Work Symposium
Conversations That Engage Voices to Shape The Future of Work
Launched in 2022, the Future of Work Symposium Series brings together leaders from business, education, government, and nonprofit sectors. These conversations explore the trends transforming work and inform UNO’s academic and workforce initiatives. This series ensures UNO remains responsive, innovative, and future-ready.
Workforce Partnerships
Partnering with Employers to provide education as a benefit
Education should work for working professionals. We’re here to support learners at every stage. UNO collaborates directly with employers to remove barriers to education. Through the program employers fund employees’ learning. Working professionals gain flexible, career-relevant upskilling and reskilling pathways.
Recipient of the Weitz Innovation and Excellence Fund
Building Career-ready Students
The CCSW is proud to be an inaugural recipient of the Weitz Innovation and Excellence Fund. This fund supports strategic UNO priorities with the goal of elevating programs to national recognition while addressing critical needs in Omaha and across the state of Nebraska.
Senior Vice Chancellor Dr. Phil He will serve as Executive Sponsor for this unit, with day-to-day leadership being provided by Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovative and Learning-Centric Initiatives Dr. Jaci Lindburg.
