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Education, Employment, and Wages in the Appalachia Region. Final Report (2020). Research Report. RR-3217-CHC
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Baird, Matthew D.; Hunter, Gerald P.; Edenfield, Nathaniel; Broten, Nicholas; Gonzalez, Gabriella C. – RAND Corporation, 2020
The authors of this report aim to understand the health of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and labor market in the Appalachia region -- defined as the intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia -- with a focus on the mining and extraction industry. This report is the third in a three-part series.…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Wages, Employment, and STEM Education in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Report No. 2 (2017). Research Report. RR-1863-CHC
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Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Broten, Nicholas – RAND Corporation, 2017
This second of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing-related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region, comprising twenty-seven counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Together,…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Wages, Employment, and STEM Education in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Report No. 1 (2016). Research Report. RR-1357-CHC
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Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Baird, Matthew D. – RAND Corporation, 2016
This first of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing--related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region. Together, these reports will capture trends over the next four years to (1) inform the…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Designing Effective Pay-for-Performance in K-12 Education. Policy Brief
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Hamilton, Laura; Li, Jennifer – RAND Corporation, 2009
This is one in a series of policy briefs on key education issues prepared by the RAND Corporation for the Obama administration. A pay-for-performance system of educator compensation has been proposed to improve teacher effectiveness and thus improve student achievement. While there is some evidence that such systems work, there are numerous …
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Teacher Salaries, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness
U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology. Monograph. Summary
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Galama, Titus; Hosek, James – RAND Corporation, 2008
Is the United States in danger of losing its competitive edge in science and technology (S&T)? This concern has been raised repeatedly since the end of the Cold War, most recently in a wave of reports in the mid-2000s suggesting that globalization and the growing strength of other nations in S&T, coupled with inadequate U.S. investments in…
Descriptors: Sciences, Technology, Publications, Global Approach
The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States. Summary
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Karoly, Lynn A.; Panis, Constantijn W. A. – RAND Corporation, 2004
What are the forces that will continue to shape the U.S. workforce and workplace over the next 10 to 15 years? With such inevitabilities as the proliferation and acceleration of technology worldwide, will more individuals work at home, will more businesses outsource their noncore functions -- and with what consequences? Answering such questions…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Technological Advancement, Education Work Relationship, Emerging Occupations