Community colleges are beginning to build on guided pathways reforms in partnership with employers, universities, and K-12 schools to create cross-sector pathways to college and career opportunities for students--particularly those students traditionally underserved by higher education. The aim is to improve economic mobility for community…

In April 2013, "NEJHE" launched its "New Directions for Higher Education" series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices. In this installment, DiSalvio interviews Matthew Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass Technologies, a Boston-based labor market…

Across the 50 states, career and technical education (CTE) programs at the K-12 and postsecondary levels have seen enormous policy action - 2013 alone saw at least 78 substantive policy changes via legislation, state board rules and executive orders specific to CTE and workforce development. What are the drivers behind this sudden policymaker…

Most countries in South Asia are either in the middle-income bracket or moving towards it; to move up the value chain towards higher incomes, they need more skilled people and larger investments in infrastructure. The combination of globalization, technological advancement, unprecedented labour mobility, and the demographic dividend offers them…

This report shows how insights gained from system dynamics modeling and the U.S. STEM Undergraduate Model® can help inform the Navy's strategy to grow a robust civilian workforce that is strongly invested with Navy-relevant STEM skills and ready to contribute to the next generation of Naval innovation. This work positions the Navy to serve a…

In the article "A Jobs Mismatch", Jaschik has compiled the findings of a new report that was released by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The Georgetown University report claims that there is a severe shortage of college graduates in America, and that this shortage has the United States on a…

The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) in consultation with the universities has estimated that 53,000 to 86,000 more university spaces will be needed by 2021 to meet student demand. There will be special pressures in the GTA. Universities' enrollment plans will not be sufficient to meet this demand. To help meet the growing…

One of the challenges facing Australia is the ageing of the population. Of major concern, especially to government, is that the dependency ratio--a measure of the burden that economically active persons carry by supporting dependent persons--will increase significantly unless older people keep working or immigration is used to change the…

In Spring 2007, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded funds to the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) to undertake an analysis of Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Philadelphia, and to make recommendations on how CTE and other forms of career-connected education could better align with Philadelphia standards for college and career…

For Canada to succeed, all Canadians must have the opportunity to develop and use their skills and knowledge to the fullest. So said the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin in the Speech from the Throne that opened the 37th Parliament of Canada in February 2004: "Investing in people will be Canada's most important economic…

The 20th Annual Legislative Work Conference of the Southern Regional Education Board provided participants with an opportunity to hear and discuss specific proposals for change in higher education. The participants considered the relationship between manpower needs and postsecondary educational opportunity and the kinds of students who attend…

While reformers push an academic steamroller toward critical work force shortages, employers and half of the nation's youth could benefit from vocational and technical education. The technical workplace does not require a bachelor's degree from all prospective employees. (JOW)

Defined as the skills development component of education, vocational education can and should become the mortar that cements together a unified educational experience for the individual that will culminate in meaningful and productive results. The relentless advance of technology gives us the key to new, more versatile, vocational education. The…

A statement of USOE's intent to emphasize vocational education and a proposal to completely change the high school curriculum structure so that every young person completing Grade 12 will be ready to enter higher education or rewarding employment. Address given by Dr. Marland to the National Association of Secondary School Principals, January 23,…

This report aims to provide Phase 1 "first-round" information and preliminary recommendations to lead toward more intensive career education planning. The report discusses: (1) possibilities for revision and expansion of career training programs to meet the needs of the 1970s and 80s, (2) the effect on the careers of the future by the…