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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
Nicholas W. Affrunti – National Association of School Psychologists, 2023
The current brief provides an overview of the 2021-2022 school year student-to-school psychologist ratio for every United States territory, using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) counts of school psychologists. In addition to this, data are presented on the percentage change in student-to-school psychologist ratio from the…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Counselor Client Ratio, Public Schools, Elementary Schools
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2014
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 member states and territories (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai'i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, U.S. Pacific Territories & Freely Associated States, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) work collaboratively to expand…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Educational Quality, Accountability
Prescott, Brian T. – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2014
This issue of "Policy Insights" provides a review of the past five years of the cost and value of higher education, which have gained increased policymaker, consumer, and media attention. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) has worked with four of its member states (Hawai'i, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) to…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Capacity Building, Governance, Privacy
Mazzeo, Christopher; Strawn, Julie; Roberts, Brandon – National Governors Association, 2009
The Pathways to Advancement initiative was launched by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) to help governors and their policy advisors examine options and develop strategies for expanding working adults' access to and completion of postsecondary education. In September 2003, the NGA Center issued a request for…
Descriptors: Credentials, Economic Development, Higher Education, Experiential Learning
Hawaii Educational Policy Center, 2008
The 2007 Hawai'i State Legislature passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 56 S.D. 1 "Requesting the Hawaii Educational Policy Center to Report on the Retention and Change in Assignment of Teachers Within the Department of Education." The resolution requested a report on the effectiveness and current status of teacher preparation and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Stakeholders, Teacher Shortage, Educational Change
Teodoro, Luis V., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1981
This book is a political, cultural, economic, and historical analysis of the Filipino experience in Hawaii. In the first chapter an historical overview of the Philippines is found. The second chapter reviews the Filipino worker's role in the plantation system in Hawaii and details the immigration patterns of Filipinos to Hawaii from 1907 to 1929.…
Descriptors: Asian History, Cultural Traits, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity
Hawaii State Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations, Honolulu. Research and Statistics Office. – 1977
Information is presented to assist Hawaii employers in developing affirmative action plans as required for federal contract compliance. In the first section, information is provided on the ramifications of geographical area coverage, the sources for the attached statistical data, the definition of manpower resources, and the availability of this…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Census Figures, Definitions, Demography
Wright, Paul; Gardner, Robert W. – 1983
A 1975 U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity Census Update Survey was analyzed in an effort to investigate local-born and migrant populations of Hawaii. Findings showed that among the local-born, the most notable recent development has been the rise of the Orientals (essentially Japanese and Chinese) to equality with the haoles (essentially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Demography
Young, Jared J. – 1977
The response of Asian Americans to the American system and to discrimination and the success they have achieved through their method of response is researched in this study. The relationship between the high Asian American investment in education (in terms of years of schooling completed) and observed income distribution is analyzed. Census data…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Capitalism, Census Figures, Cultural Background
Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, Honolulu. – 1988
This eight-page tabloid-style report presents an overview of past and present working conditions in the United States as a whole and in Hawaii in particular, with emphasis on women and on lower-level workers. The seven articles in the paper cover the following topics: "A Brief History of Labor in Hawaii" (William J. Puette); "The…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparable Worth, Employed Women, Employees
Rickard, Patricia; Stiles, Richard; Jacobsen, Jared – 2003
Student-level data were collected in 5 states California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, and Oregon and analyzed to build understanding and improve the role of community colleges in adult education and literacy. The states illustrate the degree of diversity in governance systems and local provider systems and allow for comparative analyses by provider…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy