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Direct linkPunksungka, Wonmai; Yamashita, Takashi; Helsinger, Abigail; Kramer, Jenna; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Karam, Rita T. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
The research team examined the associations between adult education and training (AET) participation, educational attainment, literacy skills, gender, race, and ethnicity among the U.S. adult population aged 25- to 65-years old (n = 5,450). As more women and racial/ethnic minorities make educational and economic advancements, it is important to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correlation, Literacy, Gender Differences
Download full textHenning, Denise; Hanson, Ivana – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2022
Steps taken to address racial inequality in the private sector and higher education are not always altruistic. This brief examines the economic impact of having a representative workforce, focusing on the state of North Carolina (NC). It discusses the importance of successful education programming designed to address issues related to Black,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Ethnicity, Racial Discrimination
Person, Ann E.; Bruch, Julie; Goble, Lisbeth – Mathematica, 2019
There is a growing movement across the country to get more adults to enroll in college and complete higher education programs. Fewer than half of the nearly 170 million U.S. residents between the ages of 25 and 64 have obtained a postsecondary degree or certificate. The statistics for adult students of color who have attained higher education are…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
Shaviro, Charles; Dvorkin, Eli; Bowles, Jonathan; Gallagher, Laird – Center for an Urban Future, 2021
This data brief is intended to shed light on the scope and scale of the disparities in college attainment across New York City. The analysis is conducted on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 and 2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. More specifically, it looks at educational attainment for working-age (age 25-64) residents of the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Urban Areas, Adult Students, Urban Renewal
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2022
Nutrition insecurity is especially seen among historically underserved populations, such as those with limited financial resources. Funded by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and conducted by Cooperative Extension through land-grant institutions in all U.S. states and territories and the District of Columbia, the…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Food, Hunger, Well Being
Crawford, Nicole; Emery, Sherridan – Student Success, 2021
This article shines a light on a little-known cohort of higher education participants, mature-aged students in, and from, regional and remote Australia -- the focus of a National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education mixed-methods study. Notable patterns were found in the quantitative data; for instance, compared to their metropolitan…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Gender Differences
Meza, Elizabeth Apple – Community College Research Initiatives, 2020
Washington State is experiencing substantial growth in the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) programs. Student enrollments in STEM CCB programs are also growing, providing an opportune time to study these students and their enrollment in and completion of STEM CCB programs. This…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Equal Education, Academic Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Avis, James; Orr, Kevin; Warmington, Paul – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2017
Black and minority ethnic students (BME) are a significant constituency in vocational education and training (VET) and FE in England. Despite this recent research on race and VET has become a marginal concern. Insofar as current VET research addresses social justice, race appears to be a supplementary concern. Although there is a substantial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Race, Vocational Education, Technical Education
Hecker, Ian; Spaulding, Shayne; Kuehn, Daniel – Urban Institute, 2021
The acceleration of the shift to online and remote learning and working brings new opportunities, but it also brings the potential for further inequities in the labor market. Older workers stand to benefit greatly from the expanded access that online and remote learning and working provides. This report documents some of the barriers and…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Job Skills, Employees, Barriers
Hartog, Jacob; Fesler, Lily; Tabora, Brittany – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2021
Since 2014 the New Jersey Department of Education has offered three high school equivalency (HSE) exams for nongraduates seeking credentials: the GED, the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET), and the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC). This study used data on exam takers who had been grade 8 students in a New Jersey public school between…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Grade 8, Public Schools, Individual Characteristics
Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2021
Since 2014 New Jersey has offered three exams to demonstrate high school equivalency (HSE): the GED, the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET), and the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC). The New Jersey Department of Education wants to know the characteristics of exam takers, whether passing rates vary across HSE exams, and how a recent…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Grade 8, Public Schools, Individual Characteristics
Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2021
Since 2014 the New Jersey Department of Education has offered three high school equivalency (HSE) exams for nongraduates seeking credentials: the GED, the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET), and the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC). The "Characteristics and Performance of High School Equivalency Exam Takers in New Jersey"…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Grade 8, Public Schools, Individual Characteristics
Fennoy, Donald E., II.; Oswald, Keith; Sheffield, Glenda; Howard, Mark – School District of Palm Beach County, 2021
On January 7, 2020, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) released high school graduation rates for the State of Florida and the School District of Palm Beach County (District). It should be noted that due to COVID-19, assessment requirements for graduation were waived for FY20 seniors who had yet to meet them. This fact should be kept in…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Schools, Graduation Rate, Minority Group Students
Meza, Elizabeth A. – Community College Research Initiatives, 2019
When authorizing community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees in 2007 the legislature intended for these degrees to serve students enrolled in professional-technical education. This report explores the extent to which programs serve the intended population, how demographics relate to program enrollment, and enrollment shifts over time.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Equal Education, Academic Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Reddy, Vikash; Dow, Audrey – Campaign for College Opportunity, 2021
The most significant investment California made in the 1960s was the creation of, arguably, the best public higher education system in the world. The 1965 Master Plan for Higher Education created a three-tiered system of higher education that provided a place in college for any Californian seeking the opportunity. From research universities to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Outcomes of Education, Economic Impact
