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Institute for College Access & Success, 2024
This is the technical document for the report, "Centering Quality, Centering Equity: Lessons Learned in Increasing Early Childhood Educator Credentials." The report explores Early Childhood Education (ECE) credential requirements in California (CA) and Washington, D.C. (D.C.) for two key reasons: 1) both recently raised these…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Equal Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers
Bohn, Sarah; Jackson, Jacob; McConville, Shannon – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
Career education programs in California's community colleges are a critical component of public higher education in the state. Also known as career technical or vocational programs, career education trains individuals for middle-skill jobs that require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year degree. These jobs make up a third of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Vocational Education, Occupational Mobility, Community Colleges
Bohn, Sarah; Jackson, Jacob; McConville, Shannon – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
Career education programs in California's community colleges are a critical component of public higher education in the state. Also known as career technical or vocational programs, career education trains individuals for middle-skill jobs that require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year degree. These jobs make up a third of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Occupational Mobility, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Schlieber, Marisa; Austin, Lea J. E.; López, Enrique Valencia – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2020
This report examines the demographic, educational, and employment characteristics (including compensation and benefits) of staff employed in center-based ECE [early care and education] programs throughout Marin County. The findings bring attention to the low wages and economic insecurity of the ECE workforce, particularly against a backdrop of one…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, County Programs, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Teachers
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
Community College League of California, 2018
This edition of California community colleges Fast Facts provides statistics from the 2016-2017 academic year in the following categories: (1) Per-Student Funding by Education System, 2017-18 (est.); (2) Undergraduate Student Enrollment, 2016-17; (3) Number of Student Transfers to Four-Year Public & Private Institutions; (4) Percentage of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Expenditure per Student, Undergraduate Students, Two Year College Students
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Gándara, Patricia – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
Although it is commonly thought that people who are bilingual have an advantage in the labor market, studies on this topic have not borne out this perception.The literature, in fact, has found an earnings penalty is associated with bilingualism--people who are bilingual often make less than people who are monolingual in similar jobs. This report…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Bilingualism, Immigrants, Hispanic Americans
Pitigoi-Aron, Gabriela – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Attracting and retaining strong faculty members in dental schools have long been challenges in the United States. Faced with an emerging crisis in the availability and quality of dental educators, many researchers have focused on analyzing data and trends related to this subject. Even though there are substantial studies that provide a picture of…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Medical School Faculty, Dentistry, Career Choice
Stuit, David A.; Springer, Jeffrey A. – Foundation for Educational Choice, 2010
This report analyzes the economic and social costs of the high school dropout problem in California from the perspective of a state taxpayer. The authors' analysis considers the consequences of this problem in terms of labor market, tax revenue, public health, and incarceration costs. The authors' quantification of these costs reveals the sizeable…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropouts, Economic Factors, Taxes
Anderson, Jacquelyn; Kato, Linda Yuriko; Riccio, James A.; Blank, Susan – MDRC, 2006
Since 1998, federally funded One-Stop Service Centers around the country have focused primarily on assisting the unemployed into work. WASC tests a strategy that expands that mission by targeting people who are already working, but at low wages. Through career coaching, skills training, and better connections with employers - and led by a newly…
Descriptors: Income, Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Labor Market
Benjamin, Roger; Carroll, Stephen J. – 1997
This report presents the results of a study of higher education in California, focusing on the impending fiscal crisis of increasing demand, tuition, and costs. The study found that at a time when the educational needs for productive employment are increasing, college costs and demand are rising faster than funding. Until now, institutions have…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Attendance, Demography, Economic Factors
Wright, Calvin E.; Kim, Yungho – 1983
A longitudinal followup study, entitled Project Student Employment Experiences (SEE), examined the long-term employment experiences of former vocational education students, especially special needs population students, and the long-term effects of their training. During the project, researchers collected a 3-year followup information file on their…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Employment Patterns, Feasibility Studies
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California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
Data for 1981-1981 on faculty salaries in California state colleges and universities are presented and interpreted. In addition to information on the University of California and the California State University and Colleges, salary data are also included for the California community colleges. Segmental salary requests and projections from the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes