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#  Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development: Growing Fairly Book Talk 

 





Episode Twenty-Five

 

May 25, 2022

 

 

 [ Betsy Gardner ](/betsy-gardner) 

- May 25, 2022
- [Workforce](/workforce)

 In this episode Earl Buford, president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, moderates a virtual book talk with Growing Fairly co-authors Professor Stephen Goldsmith and Kate Markin Coleman. They discuss supporting adult learners, skills as currency, the need for transparency workforce data, and the importance of system change.

   
This interview was recorded as part of a recent event hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center. [Transcript available here](https://data-smart-city-pod.simplecast.com/episodes/opportunity-equity-workforce-development-growing-fairly/transcript).

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##  About the Author 

###  <a></a>Betsy Gardner   ![Headshot of Betsy Gardner](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/2025-05/Betsy%20Headshot%20resize.jpg?itok=k2OsSp1g) 

 



 Betsy Gardner is the editor of Data-Smart City Solutions and the producer of the Data-Smart City Pod. Prior to this, Betsy worked in a variety of roles in higher education, focusing on deconstructing racial and gender inequality through research, writing, and facilitation. She also researched government spending and transparency at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Betsy holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Policy from Northeastern University, a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Boston University, and a graduate certificate in Digital Storytelling from the Harvard Extension School.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Equity ](/topics/equity)
- [ Workforce ](/topics/workforce)
 
 

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