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News

February 14, 2020

USA Lab Community Hosts Visit MIT Sloan Campus

On February 12, representatives of community organizations that will be hosting student teams from MIT Sloan’s USA Lab class visited the MIT Sloan campus and met with students.

Blog

February 4, 2020

Why U.S. Workplaces Are Not Ready to Contain a Coronavirus Outbreak

In a new column published on the website The Conversation, MIT Sloan doctoral student Karen MacKenzie Scott explains how a dearth of paid sick leave may hamper the ability of the United States to combat the coronavirus.

Blog

January 27, 2020

Introducing “Creating Good Jobs: An Industry-Based Strategy”

Barbara Dyer, Executive Director of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative, discusses a new book exploring the potential for better-quality jobs in seven low-wage sectors.

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