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Fogg, Neeta P.; Harrington, Paul E. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Fear of the coronavirus has shut down all but essential businesses. Economists have projected that unemployment could rise as high as 20%, compared with 3.5% this past February 2020. A survey conducted in mid-April by Strada Education Network found 62% of Americans worried about losing their jobs and 34% believed they would need more education to…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Labor Market, College Choice, College Bound Students
Donovan, William – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2021
For many years the co-operative education program at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Boston has fallen short of supporters' hopes for it. The number of students it placed in paid jobs with local employers was often below that of co-op programs at other career vocational technical education (CVTE) schools and mostly focused on…
Descriptors: Vocational High Schools, High School Students, Cooperative Programs, Job Training
Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
The past year highlighted and heightened California's key challenges. Millions of Californians lost jobs and income during the COVID-19 crisis; low-income families, communities of color, and women were hit hardest. As schools and universities shifted rapidly to remote learning, educators and parents scrambled to provide all students with…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses