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Sasser, Alicia C. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2009
One of New England's greatest assets is its skilled labor force, which has historically been an engine of economic growth in the region. But the skilled labor force of the future is growing more slowly in New England than in the rest of the United States. Since 2000, the population of "recent college graduates"--individuals ages 22 to 27…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, College Graduates, Labor, Skilled Workers
Sponsler, Brian A.; Kienzl, Gregory S.; Wesaw, Alexis J. – Center for American Progress, 2010
Responding to the link between postsecondary education and economic productivity, government policymakers and private-sector and nonprofit groups are implementing a number of initiatives aimed at increasing educational attainment among the American public. By and large, these actions have taken place at the state level, which at first glance makes…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Attainment, Articulation (Education), Politics of Education
Job Corps, 2008
This paper presents the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Job Corps to the Secretary of Labor pertaining to the review, development and implementation of policies, legislation and regulations for the Job Corps program. This document represents the culmination of an intensive and comprehensive nine-month process undertaken by the…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Avraamova, E. M.; Verpakhovskaia, Iu.B. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
The labor market is sending out explicit signals that determine the behavior of present and potential workers. These signals give impetus to the development of education. In the past few years, for example, there has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of college students and higher educational institutions; the sphere of supplementary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Schools, College Graduates
Baier, Scott; Mulholland, Sean; Turner, Chad; Tamura, Robert – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2004
This article introduces original annual average years of schooling measures for each state from 1840 to 2000. The paper also combines original data on real state per-worker output with existing data to provide a more comprehensive series of real state output per worker from 1840 to 2000. These data show that the New England, Middle Atlantic,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, United States History, Human Capital, Input Output Analysis
Sniegoski, Stephen J., Ed. – 1980
These proceedings contain 10 presentations and a panel discussion from a conference to acquaint the Northeast with a structure for developing and implementing solutions to improve the Northeast economically. A statement of purpose for the conference is followed by introductory remarks. The 10 presentations concern these topics: improvement in the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Education, Cooperation, Economic Development