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John, June Park; Carnoy, Martin – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
We analyse race and gender trends in the Silicon Valley technology industry from 1980 to 2015, with a focus on education, employment and wages in computer science. Racial gaps in representation are more salient among programmers than in the overall technology labour force; in addition, we document a stable or increasing gender gap across all races…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Race, Ethnicity, Geographic Regions
Perry, Angela – Project on Student Debt, 2019
California has long been a national and global leader in developing and maintaining quality higher education options, as well as in providing financial aid and consumer protections for Californians who access that education. However, although California's colleges and the state government do collect, receive, and report a great deal of data, these…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Access to Information, Wages, Data Collection
Kriechel, Ben; Vetter, Tim – European Training Foundation, 2019
This report focuses on a critical concern for the European Training Foundation's (ETF's) partner countries and other countries of the around the world. Skills mismatch is recognised as a major challenge by policy makers, practitioners and social partners, as it is often associated with dynamic social and economic contexts such as restructuring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Market, Supply and Demand
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McCormick, Tyler H.; Lee, Hedwig; Cesare, Nina; Shojaie, Ali; Spiro, Emma S. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2017
Despite recent and growing interest in using Twitter to examine human behavior and attitudes, there is still significant room for growth regarding the ability to leverage Twitter data for social science research. In particular, gleaning demographic information about Twitter users--a key component of much social science research--remains a…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Science Research, Reliability, Behavior Patterns
Foecke, Jan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Nurses are expected to participate in ongoing professional development, whether that is higher education to obtain another degree or continuing nursing education (CNE) to enhance knowledge or skills, maintain licensure, and/or maintain certification. Because there are generational differences that can affect adult education, learning preferences…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Online Courses, Nursing Education, Nursing Students
Iowa Department of Education, 2017
This report assesses the impact of Iowa's Community Colleges on the state economy and the benefits generated by the colleges for students, taxpayers, and society. Iowa's Community Colleges serve 138,642 credit and 232,480 non-credit students. The combined service region for the colleges, for the purpose of this report, consists of the state of…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Economic Factors, Outcomes of Education, Community Colleges
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Melissa K. Van Dyke – Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, 2017
Often overlooked in discussions related to how to ensure accessible and affordable high-quality early childhood education is the heavy burden that has been carried by the early childhood workforce; the data reveal a level of exploitation of this workforce that must be considered and addressed. This chapter will focus attention on the economic…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educational Equity (Finance), Access to Education
Colorado Department of Higher Education, 2022
This report follows the high school graduating class of 2020 into their first year of college--high school seniors when the pandemic began. The initial impact of the pandemic on college-going pathways and outcomes is a focal point. While the data is concerning, there are successes: (1) Dual enrollment participation continues to increase; (2) More…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average
Núñez, Elsa M. – Liberal Education, 2018
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has embarked on a sustained program to enhance the quality of student learning on campuses, while also supporting AAC&U members' efforts to bring liberal education to all sectors of society. This commitment to quality and equity in service to democracy forms the basis for…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Democracy, Equal Education, Liberal Arts
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Smith, William C.; Ikoma, Sakiko; Baker, David P. – Cogent Education, 2016
Education and health are both capital investments in national development, often viewed as independent factors on a country's labor force supply and productivity. This study uses the 2010-2011 Third Integrated Household Survey in Malawi to propose an Education-enhanced Health Human Capital (EHHC) model where education influences labor force supply…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Role of Education, Economic Development
Shapiro, Sandra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In the context of the nursing and faculty shortages, recommendations have been made to increase the number of highly educated nurses who are qualified to teach. A lack of nursing faculty has been reported at all levels of education. Because the majority of nurses enter into practice with an associate degree, the professoriate at the associate…
Descriptors: Faculty, Teacher Role, Nursing Education, Associate Degrees
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2014
The global financial and economic crisis has led to alarmingly high unemployment and underemployment in many European Union (EU) countries. Yet, surveys still find that more than one in three employers has problems filling vacancies. The latest European company survey, in spring 2013, found that about 40% of firms across the EU had difficulties…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Force, Employment Qualifications
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Mercan, Murat Anil; Karakas, Mesut; Citci, Sadettin Haluk; Babacan, Mehmet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
The aim of this study was to investigate the existence of sectorial undereducation and overeducation problems in the Turkish labor market. In order to cope with this issue, the 2009 Household Labor Force Survey (TurkStat), which covers 145,934 individuals within 27 sectors, was utilized. An objective measure of education-occupation mismatch based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Education Work Relationship, Salary Wage Differentials
Danon, Alice; Das, Jishnu; de Barros, Andreas; Filmer, Deon – World Bank, 2023
This paper assesses the reliability and validity of cognitive and socioemotional skills measures and investigates the correlation between schooling, skills acquisition, and labor earnings. The primary data from Pakistan incorporates two innovations related to measurement and sampling. On measurement, the paper develops and implements a battery of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Ability, Social Emotional Learning
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Mackay, Margaret – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This paper explores how practitioners in a hostile context make sense of continuing professional development (CPD). Critics worldwide question the professional status of human resources seeing the function as an underdog to well-established professions. The study uses an interpretivist approach to examine the conceptual interweaving of learning…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Talent, Human Resources, Learning Processes
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