Scholarship regarding adolescent resilience has typically defined resilience as the absence of negative outcomes rather than the existence of positive outcomes. This study drew on the challenge model of resilience, which anticipates a curvilinear relationship between stress exposure and adaptive functioning, to test whether adolescents reporting…

Objective: Research on labor market outcomes for individuals who enroll in technical colleges is limited, with even less attention to the effects of short-term certificates than associate degrees. Also, despite the importance of manufacturing programs, there is a lack of research on employment outcomes for individuals who enroll in these programs…

The education pipeline in the United States will not produce enough college graduates to stay competitive in the global economy unless current trends are reversed (Callan, Ewell, Finney, & Jones, 2007). The fastest-growing populations--generally low-income and often from racial or ethnic minority groups--do not have the aspirations, academic…

Examines longitudinal data on Mexican-Americans and Negroes to determine if, over a period of 11 years, they have become more like their Anglo hosts in terms of occupation, income, and level of living. Finds little significant change in the relative position of Mexican-Americans and Negroes and suggests that the community is organized to…

In its annual analysis of Milwaukee charter schools, the Forum found that Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) charter school students substantially outperform University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and City charter school students, especially at the elementary school level. The charter school movement continues to gain momentum across the country as…

The Equal Employment Opportunity survey reported employment levels and information in the state of Wisconsin for 1968. A sample of 2,132 business firms employing 532,231 persons took part in the survey. Information categories were: (1) minority group employment, (2) major industry group firms, (3) women in employment, (4) employment by job…