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Abraham, Lisa; Mulhern, Christine; Greer, Lucas – RAND Corporation, 2023
Manufacturing employers often cite challenges to finding and hiring a sufficient number of highly skilled and diverse workers, so it is important to understand how pathways into manufacturing and the retention of manufacturing workers may be improved. The authors of this report address this research gap by examining the pipeline between Ohio's…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship, Labor Supply
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Abraham, Lisa; Mulhern, Christine; Greer, Lucas – RAND Corporation, 2023
The U.S. manufacturing industry is experiencing a resurgence and faces a growing need for highly skilled workers. Recent reports project that demand for highly-skilled manufacturing workers will outpace supply in coming years, and this shortage may grow as the U.S. manufacturing industry grows and its labor needs shift. Furthermore, manufacturing…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Manufacturing Industry, Labor Supply, Postsecondary Education
Daugherty, Lindsay; Anderson, Drew M. – RAND Corporation, 2021
Stackable credential initiatives aim to build education and training pipelines in applied fields that allow individuals to earn educational certificates or other industry-recognized credentials and then build on these short-term credentials to earn additional certificates and degrees throughout their careers. Stackable credentials have the…
Descriptors: Credentials, Education Work Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Health Services
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Daugherty, Lindsay; Anderson, Drew M.; Kramer, Jenna W.; Bozick, Robert – RAND Corporation, 2021
Instead of enrolling for four or more years to get a bachelor's degree, what if individuals could work their way toward a degree gradually? First, they would attend college or a trade school for six months or a year and earn a certificate that prepares them for an entry-level job in various fields. Then, they would pursue additional knowledge and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Manufacturing Industry, Engineering Education, Information Technology
Baird, Matthew D.; Hunter, Gerald P.; Edenfield, Nathaniel; Broten, Nicholas; Gonzalez, Gabriella C. – RAND Corporation, 2020
The authors of this report aim to understand the health of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and labor market in the Appalachia region -- defined as the intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia -- with a focus on the mining and extraction industry. This report is the third in a three-part series.…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Colleges Ontario, 2018
This report shares data in the following categories as they relate to graduates in Ontario's economy: (1) Number of jobs for young adults without post-secondary credentials; (2) Matching credentials to employer needs: an international comparison; (3) Matching credentials to employer needs: industry, entrepreneurship, and innovation; (4) Access to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment, Labor Market
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Broten, Nicholas – RAND Corporation, 2017
This second of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing-related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region, comprising twenty-seven counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Together,…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Baird, Matthew D. – RAND Corporation, 2016
This first of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing--related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region. Together, these reports will capture trends over the next four years to (1) inform the…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
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Hector-Mason, Anestine; Narlock, Jason; Muhisani, Helen; Bhatt, Monica P. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Prior research has classified strategies to facilitate adult learners' transitions to postsecondary opportunities into five broad categories: advising, General Educational Development-plus (GED-plus), English as a second language, career pathways, and college preparatory (Zafft, Kallenbach, & Spohn, 2006). This two-part study relied on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Adult Learning, Postsecondary Education, State Government
Groff, Warren H. – 1984
The relationship of postsecondary education to the economy in Ohio is discussed. Attention is focused on efforts of the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Department of Development to foster economic development and revitalization. Information is included on the Ohio Board of Regents'"Master Plan for Higher Education," along with…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, College Role, Economic Development, Human Capital
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
Describes the Fund for Appalachian Industrial Retraining (FAIR) program, which has trained over 14,000 multiskilled workers in Appalachian manufacturing in the last four years. FAIR works with firms in 18 Appalachian Ohio counties, arranging onsite and offsite programs and providing matching funds for customized training. (SAS)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Human Resources, Industrial Training
Ohio State Council on Vocational Education, Westerville. – 1987
A study examined the involvement of the private sector in vocational and technical education at the local level in Ohio. Particular attention was paid to the involvement of business and industry in the career-oriented programs of secondary schools and two-year community and technical colleges. The following forms of involvement were identified:…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for meat processing occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency builders…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Employment Potential, Food Processing Occupations
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for occupations in clothing, fashion merchandising, and interior design. The list contains units (with and without…
Descriptors: Clothing, Clothing Instruction, Competence, Competency Based Education
Wilson, JoAnn – 1981
The organizational and working relationships between postsecondary education and economic development in selected states were investigated, with emphasis on identifying state-level coordinated programs in 12 geographically diverse states known to be active in linking education to economic development (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
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