The Work-based Learning Experience (WBLE) helps students make that connection by giving them a front-row seat to how their work impacts people, communities, and systems.

The Work-based Learning Experience is an immersive opportunity designed for students in fields where success depends on translating theory into practice.

Organizations seeking to bridge the gaps between sectors often assume they understand the problems they are trying to solve. They may look at the data, draw conclusions, and develop strategies, but many fail to ask the fundamental questions that uncover the real needs of the people they serve.

Education, government, nonprofits, faith-based groups, funders, and the private sector each had their own approach—but those approaches didn’t always connect. The resulting fragmentation left individuals and organizations navigating disjointed systems without clear pathways forward.

True capacity requires us to look deeper at skills, priorities, and alignment that are associated with the tasks and responsibilities of the role.