FutureWork for Learners
Based on the NJIT Workforce Readiness Model, FutureWork provides learners with affordable, impactful, and accessible online courses.
FutureWork for Learners: Accordion
Intro — What is FutureWork for Learners?
Response: FutureWork for Learners empowers individuals with the skills to thrive in the age of intelligent work. Grounded in NJIT’s new Workforce Readiness Model, it integrates both technical and humanistic skill domains to ensure every learner develops the knowledge, agility, and adaptability needed to succeed in an AI-driven economy.
Designed for accessibility and impact, FutureWork for Learners broadens NJIT’s reach beyond the traditional degree-seeking population, extending world-class, skills-based education to communities of learners across all ages, industries, and educational backgrounds. The program supports skilling, upskilling, and reskilling for individuals entering, advancing, or reinventing their careers.
Learners engage through short, flexible, and affordable online microcredential courses that blend academic rigor with real-world application. Each course issues a verifiable NJIT digital badge that validates achievement and demonstrates measurable workforce value.
Why is FutureWork for Learners necessary?
Response: In a rapidly changing labor market, many jobs require new combinations of technical and humanistic skills that traditional degree pathways alone do not address. According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025, employers expect that 39% of key skills used in the workforce will change by 2030—necessitating continual reskilling and upskilling. FutureWork for Learners fills that gap by offering modular, stackable credentials in AI, data, digital, and human-centered domains, allowing individuals and communities to adapt proactively rather than reactively.
Source: World Economic Forum. (2025). Future of Jobs Report 2025. Geneva: WEF. https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Jobs_Report_2025.pdf
What are the six skill domains of the NJIT Workforce Readiness Model?
Response: NJIT’s Workforce Readiness Model prepares learners through six essential domains—three technical and three humanistic—that define the skills of the intelligent workplace.
- AI Literacy — Understand and apply the fundamentals of artificial intelligence, from generative AI to ethical practice.
• 10 self-paced courses — $200
• Includes AI for Educators specialization (3 courses — $120) - Data Literacy — Learn to analyze, interpret, and communicate with data for evidence-based decisions.
• 4 courses — $160 - Digital Literacy — Develop essential digital skills, from productivity tools to cybersecurity awareness.
• 3 courses — $120 - Resource Optimization — Master how to allocate and manage limited resources for maximum organizational impact.
• 2 courses — $80 - Agile Thinking — Cultivate adaptability, creative problem solving, and design-mindset thinking to drive innovation.
• 2 courses — $80 - Change Navigation — Build resilience and leadership capacity to anticipate, embrace, and guide change within complex systems.
• 2 courses — $80
What specialized pathways are available?
Response: The Project Management in Healthcare pathway is a sector-specific credential designed for professionals seeking to lead projects in hospitals, clinics, and health systems.
• 4 courses — $220
This specialization complements NJIT’s Workforce Readiness Model by integrating project-management principles with health-sector operations, preparing learners for leadership in a high-demand field.
Why choose FutureWork for Learners?
Response: FutureWork for Learners expands the reach and impact of NJIT’s nationally recognized innovation ecosystem through accessible, affordable, and verifiable non-credit learning. Participants benefit from:
- Broad Access: Extends NJIT’s expertise to learners beyond traditional college pathways.
- Inclusive Impact: Serves individuals of all ages, industries, and educational levels.
- Affordable: Course bundles starting at just $80.
- Flexible: 100% online, self-paced, and mobile friendly.
- Credible: Learners who complete a course receive a verifiable digital credential through an NJIT digital badge recognized by employers nationwide.
- Stackable: Combine multiple microcredentials to build a personalized career pathway.
FutureWork for Learners represents NJIT’s commitment to lifelong workforce readiness—equipping every learner, everywhere, with the skills to remain relevant, resilient, and ready for the future of work.