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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
Gittell, Ross; Venkatachalam, A. R. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2011
There is an exciting new opportunity for universities and colleges to advance the New England economy and at the same time help address environmental concerns. The current snapshot of New England's economy relative to other areas is favorable. The region suffered less decline during the recent recession than the national average, and the region's…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment, Colleges, Universities
Ringel, Paul Joseph – 1981
In response to expanding American industry in the late 1800s, manual training and industrial education were proposed to prepare properly trained workers. Industrial education was advocated as education for specific trades, and cooperative education was one of its most innovative forms. The first high school cooperative industrial course in the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Educational History, Educational Research
Massachusetts Univ., Boston. Inst. for Asian American Studies. – 1995
The Community Profiles Project uses data from the 1990 U.S. Census to describe some of the population characteristics of Asian Pacific Americans in selected Massachusetts cities and towns. The profiles include basic statistics relating to income, employment, education, and housing. This information can assist policy makers and practitioners in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Massachusetts Univ., Boston. Inst. for Asian American Studies. – 1995
The Community Profiles Project uses data from the 1990 U.S. Census to describe some of the population characteristics of Asian Pacific Americans in selected Massachusetts cities and towns. The profiles include basic statistics relating to income, employment, education, and housing. This information can assist policy makers and practitioners in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Massachusetts Univ., Boston. Inst. for Asian American Studies. – 1996
The Community Profiles Project uses data from the 1990 U.S. Census to describe some of the population characteristics of Asian Pacific Americans in selected Massachusetts cities and towns. The profiles include basic statistics relating to income, employment, education, and housing. This information can assist policy makers and practitioners in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Massachusetts Univ., Boston. Inst. for Asian American Studies. – 1996
The Community Profiles Project uses data from the 1990 U.S. Census to describe some of the population characteristics of Asian Pacific Americans in selected Massachusetts cities and towns. The profiles include basic statistics relating to income, employment, education, and housing. This information can assist policy makers and practitioners in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education