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Marco Tarantino; Jared Reyes – Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2024
The most recent data on the labor force participation rate of individuals who identify as being blind or having vision loss in the United States indicate it is approximately 44%. In 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs promulgated regulations pertaining to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to address the continued…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Blindness, Visual Impairments
Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2019
As the U.S. workforce ages, baby boomers retire, and birth rates decline, the United States is facing an estimated shortfall of 8 million workers between now and 2027. At the same time, the U.S. economy is becoming ever more knowledge-based. Having a marketable postsecondary credential, whether an academic degree or a professional certification or…
Descriptors: Credentials, Immigrants, Adults, Certification
Buckwalter, Veronica; Maag, Taylor – Jobs for the Future, 2019
This report examines the structural divide between for-credit and noncredit postsecondary education and the problems it presents for people seeking better jobs with higher pay. It highlights innovative ways that some community colleges are trying to bridge the gap nationally--creating more seamless pathways between credit and noncredit…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adults, College Credits, Noncredit Courses
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Raphael, Steven; Stoll, Michael A. – Evaluation Review, 2006
This article examines the effect of the Massachusetts workforce development system on the earnings of disadvantaged adults using nonexperimental data from the late 1990s. The authors construct a comparison sample for program participants using individuals who apply for and are offered services yet do not participate in a training program. They…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Labor Force, Attendance, Economically Disadvantaged