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Karam, Rita T.; Goldman, Charles A.; Rico, Monica – RAND Corporation, 2022
Community colleges play a key role in driving talent development in the United States, producing workers with the kinds of training that employers need while enhancing economic mobility for students. There has been a push among policymakers at the federal and state levels to hold community colleges accountable for the employment outcomes of their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Two Year College Students, Student Employment
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Hendricks, Anjanette; Myran, Steve; Owings, William A.; Katsioloudis, Petros; Kaplan, Leslie S. – Journal of Education Finance, 2021
Nationally, the labor market is seeking workers to fill the increasing number of high salary job vacancies, but those qualified to fill them are in limited supply. The skills and third-party industry credentials earned in secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs seem a perfect fit for the student, employer, and economy. However,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Credentials, Economic Climate, Industry
Giani, Matt – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2022
Conferred by businesses, industry groups, and state certifying entities, industry-recognized credentials (IRCs) are intended to signal that students have mastered specific workplace knowledge and skills. This first-of-its-kind study assesses the impact of specific IRCs earned in high school on various employment and postsecondary outcomes for…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Graduates, Industry, Labor Force Development
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2023
Over the year, Advance CTE and the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) tracked state activity, cataloged final state policy actions and categorized trends based on the policy areas of focus and today, published State Policies Impacting CTE: 2022 Year in Review. This year's report provides an analysis that spans 37 states who…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Vocational Education, Educational Trends