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WASHINGTON – The U.S. departments of Labor and Education hosted an April 30 discussion with community college, university, and workforce-development leaders to spotlight and accelerate the expansion of degree-connected Registered Apprenticeships across the country.The department’s Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Henry Mack was joined by Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent and Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education Nick Moore for the closed-door, invite-only roundtable discussion, “Building Pathways to Degree-Connected Registered Apprenticeships.” Assistant Secretary Mack opened the event with remarks that underscored degree-connected Registered Apprenticeships as earn-and-learn pathways that can deliver postsecondary credentials and credits while