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Direct linkZaber, Melanie A.; May, Linnea Warren; Sytsma, Tobias; Phillips, Brian; Walsh, Stephanie J.; Li, Rosemary; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Wenger, Jeffrey B.; Sousa, Éder; Arana, Jessica – RAND Corporation, 2023
This stand-alone appendix discusses additional context and findings from a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the science- and technology-focused (STF) workforce ecosystem in the seven-county Pittsburgh region. It augments a report focused on the demand for and supply of STF workers, training pipelines, anticipated growth, unique regional…
Descriptors: Technology, Sciences, Labor Force, Labor Needs
Abraham, Lisa; Mulhern, Christine; Greer, Lucas – RAND Corporation, 2023
Manufacturing employers often cite challenges to finding and hiring a sufficient number of highly skilled and diverse workers, so it is important to understand how pathways into manufacturing and the retention of manufacturing workers may be improved. The authors of this report address this research gap by examining the pipeline between Ohio's…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship, Labor Supply
Megan Andrew; Jonah Kushner; Lucas Greer; Christine Mulhern; Jenna W. Kramer; Daniel Schwam – RAND Corporation, 2024
Many states, including Ohio, intend to strengthen and grow their computer science (CS) and information technology (IT) workforces. Jobs in CS and IT are projected to grow in coming years, but it is not always clear how states can expand and diversify their CS and IT workforces. In this report, the authors leverage representative national and state…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Information Technology, Labor Force Development, Job Development
Megan Andrew; Christine Mulhern; Jenna W. Kramer; Jonah Kushner; Lucas Greer; Daniel Schwam – RAND Corporation, 2024
The number of jobs in computer science (CS) and information technology (IT) is projected to grow rapidly in the United States over the next decade as the demand for workers expands and current CS and IT workers retire. Against the larger backdrop of growth in CS and IT employment and wages nationally, Ohio is looking for ways to grow and diversify…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Information Technology, Labor Force Development, Job Development
Abraham, Lisa; Mulhern, Christine; Greer, Lucas – RAND Corporation, 2023
The U.S. manufacturing industry is experiencing a resurgence and faces a growing need for highly skilled workers. Recent reports project that demand for highly-skilled manufacturing workers will outpace supply in coming years, and this shortage may grow as the U.S. manufacturing industry grows and its labor needs shift. Furthermore, manufacturing…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Manufacturing Industry, Labor Supply, Postsecondary Education
Rachel Slama, Editor; Nelson Lim, Editor; Douglas Yeung, Editor; Elie Alhajjar, Contributor; Rushil Bakhshi, Contributor; Julia Bandini, Contributor; Dwayne M. Butler, Contributor; Avery Calkins, Contributor; Angela K. Clague, Contributor; Arianne Collopy, Contributor; Brandon Crosby, Contributor; Brandon De Bruhl, Contributor; Tuyen Dinh, Contributor; Fernando Esteves, Contributor; Susan M. Gates, Contributor; Charles A. Goldman, Contributor; Timothy R. Gulden, Contributor; Wenjing Huang, Contributor; Kelly Hyde, Contributor; Rita T. Karam, Contributor; Tracy C. Krueger, Contributor; Jonah Kushner, Contributor; Mary Lee, Contributor; Nelson Lim, Contributor; Maria C. Lytell, Contributor; Laurie T. Martin, Contributor; Nikolay Maslov, Contributor; Michael G. Mattock, Contributor; Skye A. Miner, Contributor; Alvin Moon, Contributor; Ojashwi Pathak, Contributor; Neeti Pokhriyal, Contributor; Carter C. Price, Contributor; Sean Robson, Contributor; Srikant Kumar Sahoo, Contributor; Morgan Sandler, Contributor; Anton Shenk, Contributor; Rachel Slama, Contributor; Éder M. Sousa, Contributor; Tobias Sytsma, Contributor; Ivy Todd, Contributor; John Vahedi, Contributor; Jessie Wang, Contributor; Madison Williams, Contributor; Jody Chin Sing Wong, Contributor; Douglas Yeung, Contributor – RAND Corporation, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to significantly affect the American workforce -- both civilian and military personnel -- through job displacement, augmentation, and the need for widespread upskilling. President Biden's October 2023 executive order on AI emphasizes the government's commitment to upskilling the federal workforce in…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Labor Force, Military Personnel, Job Skills
Zaber, Melanie A.; May, Linnea Warren; Sytsma, Tobias; Phillips, Brian; Walsh, Stephanie J.; Li, Rosemary; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Wenger, Jeffrey B.; Sousa, Éder; Arana, Jessica – RAND Corporation, 2023
Over the past decade, more than 10 billion dollars has been invested in Pittsburgh tech companies, with more than 3.5 billion invested in 2021 alone (Burkholder, 2022). More recently, tens of millions of dollars were invested in the Pitt BioForge Biomanufacturing Center that will soon be home to ElevateBio and other biotech companies (Conway,…
Descriptors: Technology, Sciences, Industry, Labor Needs
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Kaufman, Julia H.; Bozick, Robert – RAND Corporation, 2019
As the demand for workers with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills grows ever higher, employers face stiff competition for qualified employees--and with retirements, the pool of employees grows ever smaller. Meanwhile, U.S. education and workforce systems could be failing to keep pace with the needs of the STEM economy,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Job Skills, Labor Force Development, Job Training
Karoly, Lynn A.; Strong, Aaron; Doss, Christopher Joseph – RAND Corporation, 2023
With the deepening understanding of the importance of the early years for preparing children to enter and then succeed in school, federal, state, and local policymakers in the United States have been increasing the public-sector investment in early care and education (ECE) programs, both on a targeted and a universal basis. The state of Vermont…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Finance, Costs
Daugherty, Lindsay; Anderson, Drew M.; Kramer, Jenna W.; Bozick, Robert – RAND Corporation, 2021
Instead of enrolling for four or more years to get a bachelor's degree, what if individuals could work their way toward a degree gradually? First, they would attend college or a trade school for six months or a year and earn a certificate that prepares them for an entry-level job in various fields. Then, they would pursue additional knowledge and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Manufacturing Industry, Engineering Education, Information Technology
Bozick, Robert; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Ogletree, Cordaye; Carew, Diana Gehlhaus – RAND Corporation, 2017
The challenge of connecting employers and educators to collaboratively plan for training future workers is an enduring one -- particularly for jobs that are rapidly changing because of technological advancements. This report addresses this challenge as it pertains to employers and educators in the oil and natural gas industry located in and around…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Industry
Goldman, Charles A.; Piquado, Tepring; Irwin, J. Luke; Allen, Daniel; Zhou, Ying; Ryu, Sung Ho – RAND Corporation, 2021
Although there is great interest in attracting talented and underrepresented individuals into public-sector careers, there is also concern that graduates of colleges and universities may not be considering the public sector and that government agencies are not doing all they could to attract the next generation of workers. This report seeks to…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Disproportionate Representation, Talent, Public Sector
Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, implemented Career Pathways, an innovative program designed to increase the local talent pool and help lower-skilled, unemployed, and underemployed individuals train for work in growing fields. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Training, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Kaufman, Julia H.; Bozick, Robert – RAND Corporation, 2019
"Middle-skills" jobs require more education and training than that provided by a high school diploma but less education and training than a four-year college degree. Employers struggle to find workers with the needed combination of knowledge and skills to fill middle-skills jobs; this search for workers is particularly pertinent to the…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, STEM Education, Skill Development, Job Skills
Goldman, Charles A.; Butterfield, Lindsay; Lavery, Diana; Miller, Trey; Daugherty, Lindsay; Beleche, Trinidad; Han, Bing – RAND Corporation, 2015
In May 2013, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1296, requiring a report on Texas's future workforce needs that would help inform decisions to develop or expand postsecondary education programs. Educators and policymakers in Texas and elsewhere have a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative workforce information available for planning…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Postsecondary Education, Planning, Alignment (Education)
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