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February 26, 2026
The SEAT Center is helping the trades find new workers
ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW - … The SEAT Center's Build Up program provides technical training to students interested in entering the trades with help of employer partners. To keep growing that work, the Business for Good Foundation has provided the center with a $15,000 grant for the Build Up.

February 24, 2026
New poll shows shift in how people prepare for the workforce
WNYT - “We are at a tipping point. A.I. is coming. Everyone’s talking about it. We don’t want to panic. We want to prepare. And also, it’s kind of exciting,” said Maire Masterson, Executive Director of the Business for Good Foundation.

February 4, 2026
Harris Poll: Americans Increasingly Favor Skilled Trades Over Four-Year Degrees
SARATOGA.COM - A new national survey commissioned by the Business for Good Foundation and conducted by the Harris Poll finds a meaningful shift in how Americans view career success, with a growing preference for trade skills training and certification programs over traditional four-year college degrees.

February 3, 2026
While elites debate geopolitics, Americans are rethinking college in the search for economic mobility
FORTUNE - At the Davos World Economic Forum, the most powerful government leaders and tech billionaires gathered for their annual open discussion around geopolitics, growing economic uncertainty, technological acceleration, and most notably the rising potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to radically reshape human civilization as we know it.


