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Download full textYin, Michelle; Shaewitz, Dahlia; Megra, Mahlet – American Institutes for Research, 2020
The Ruderman Family Foundation in partnership with the American Institute for Research (AIR) and the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) created two research briefs that inform the business community in Boston and several other top metropolitan areas about the challenges faced by workers with disabilities and the contributions that…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employees, Adults, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Yin, Michelle; Shaewitz, Dahlia; Megra, Mahlet – American Institutes for Research, 2020
The Ruderman Family Foundation in partnership with the American Institute for Research (AIR) and the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) created two research briefs that inform the business community in Boston and several other top metropolitan areas about the challenges faced by workers with disabilities and the contributions that…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employees, Late Adolescents, Adults
Sublett, Cameron; Griffith, David – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2019
The recent reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act--the principal federal education program supporting career and technical education (CTE)--expressly aims to "align workforce skills with labor market needs." "How Aligned is Career and Technical Education to Local Labor Markets?", co-authored…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Alignment (Education)
Peer reviewedWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Year Up" is an occupational and technical education intervention that targets high school graduates to provide them with six months of training in the information technology and financial service sectors followed by a six-month internship and supports to ensure that participants have strong connections to employment. This What Works…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Information Technology, Finance Occupations, Internship Programs
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Year Up" is an occupational and technical education intervention that targets high school graduates to provide them with six months of training in the information technology and financial service sectors followed by a six-month internship and supports to ensure that participants have strong connections to employment. This What Works…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Information Technology, Finance Occupations, Internship Programs
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Year Up" is an occupational and technical education intervention that targets high school graduates to provide them with six months of training in the information technology and financial service sectors followed by a six-month internship and supports to ensure that participants have strong connections to employment. This What Works…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Information Technology, Finance Occupations, Internship Programs
To Improve and to Prove: A Development and Innovation Study of Year Up's Professional Training Corps
Fein, David; Maynard, Rebecca; Baelen, Rebecca; Shivji, Azim; Souvanna, Phomdaen – Abt Associates, 2020
Year Up's Professional Training Corps (PTC) adapted its successful workforce program for low-income young adults to operate in college settings to reduce costs and enhance scalability. The one-year program provides six months of training in basic academic, professional, and occupational skills, extensive supports, a behavior contract, and a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Job Training, Low Income Groups, Access to Education
