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Strategies for Strengthening the Technical Workforce: A Review of International Evidence. RR #2017-1
Download full textConn, Katharine; Park, Elizabeth; Nagakura, Wakasa; Khalil, Sherihan; Corcoran, Thomas – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2017
Numerous countries suffer from a shortage of technicians and skilled workers, particularly in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), due to a mismatch between the skills and interests of the students graduating from or leaving the current education system and the needs of the labor market. Often, parents and students…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, STEM Education, Employment Qualifications, Career Development
Bridgeland, John; Bruce, Mary – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2011
Across the country, large numbers of young people are dreaming about and planning on attending college. A poll released in 2005 showed that 87 percent of all young people want to go to college. Often, however, parents' and students' dreams for the future are not being realized. Many young people never enroll in a postsecondary institution, and of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Credentials, Labor Market, Skilled Workers
Haimson, Joshua; VanNoy, Michelle – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2004
Many high school and two-year college vocational programs are exploring new ways to help students develop and document skills valued in the labor market. Over the past decade, some efforts to improve vocational programs have focused on reorganizing curricula around skill standards and assessments formulated by employers. One recent example of this…
Descriptors: Credentials, Certification, Information Technology, Labor Force Development
American College Testing (ACT), Inc., 2006
Results of a new ACT study provide empirical evidence that, whether planning to enter college or workforce training programs after graduation, high school students need to be educated to a comparable level of readiness in reading and mathematics. Graduates need this level of readiness if they are to succeed in college-level courses without…
Descriptors: Readiness, Postsecondary Education, Noncollege Bound Students, College Bound Students
