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Hess, Hopeton; Austin, Lea J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2022
Early educators are the best spokespeople about the conditions under which they work and what they need in order to thrive. Policy leaders have much to gain by actively engaging educators in identifying workable solutions to the child care crisis. The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) believes that educators have the right to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Needs, Work Environment
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Soria, Krista M.; Horgos, Bonnie; Shenouda, Justina D. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
We analyzed data from 28,601 students enrolled at nine large, public research-intensive universities who completed the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) COVID-19 survey. Students from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds had significantly higher odds of experiencing financial hardships compared to their peers, including…
Descriptors: College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Financial Problems
Hester, Candace; Kitmitto, Sami – American Institutes for Research, 2020
Prior research indicates that future workers will not possess enough training to contribute to a robust U.S. labor market, especially in "middle-skill" roles that require some postsecondary education but not a 4-year degree. At the same time, the last 30 years have borne witness to an increased likelihood that middle-skill individuals…
Descriptors: Job Skills, College Credits, Postsecondary Education, Job Training
OECD Publishing, 2020
Across the OECD, the labour-market performance of foreign-born-adults tends to lag behind that of the native-born. Immigrants are not only more likely to be unemployed or inactive, but they also earn less and work in lower-skilled jobs. Differences in skills proficiency, language spoken and country of education explain a large part--albeit not the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Adults, Labor Market, Employment
Allegretto, Sylvia; Mishel, Lawrence – Economic Policy Institute, 2020
More than a decade and a half of work on the topic has shown there has been a long-trending erosion of teacher wages and compensation relative to other college graduates. Simply put, teachers are paid less (in wages and compensation) than other college-educated workers with similar experience and other characteristics, and this financial penalty…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Public School Teachers, College Graduates, Teacher Strikes
Martin, John P. – OECD Publishing, 2018
The OECD Survey of Adult Skills is the jewel in the crown of its Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). This paper argues that the findings and policy lessons from the project to date justify the high hopes which were placed in PIAAC when detailed planning for the project began in 2003. First, it presents a brief…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Skill Analysis, Surveys, Achievement Tests
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Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka; Aro, Mikko; Ojala, Kristiina – Tertiary Education and Management, 2021
Positional competition in the labour market entails graduate opportunities that depend not only on graduates' skills, experience and abilities, but also on how their educational credentials compare to those of others. In this study, we examined the positional competition in the Finnish labour market and compared the influence of different 'degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Labor Market, Job Skills
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Goldan, Lea – European Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Previous research has shown that female doctoral graduates earn less than male doctoral graduates; however, there has been little research on the determinants of this gender pay gap. This paper investigates the determinants of the gender pay gap among doctoral graduates in Germany. By relying on human capital theory, traditional gender roles and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, Human Capital, Sex Role
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Paris, Susan – International Research and Review, 2019
Many higher education institutions seek to attract and retain diverse faculty in an effort to intentionally diversify college campuses and make them more inclusive. The development of a diverse faculty body that matches the diversity of the student body is crucial, but the representation of foreign-born people with doctoral degrees who are working…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, College Faculty, Foreign Nationals, Job Security
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Whittenburg, Holly N.; Cimera, Robert E.; Thoma, Colleen A. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2019
Previous research indicates that postsecondary educational experience (PSE) predicts successful employment outcomes for transition-aged youth with disabilities. Using data on supported employment services from the Rehabilitative Services Administration, this study compared employment rates and outcomes for young adults with Autism Spectrum…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Postsecondary Education, Employment Level
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Owusu-Kumih, Eric O.; Boateng, Fred; Loglo, Frank – Cogent Education, 2019
Transnational Education (TNE) has often been used as a measure to support the economic sustainability of the institution of higher learning involved. But in recent times, TNE has become one of the important avenues for Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to improve their International Students Portfolios without bringing the students to the HEI…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Sustainability, Higher Education
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Feinberg, Iris; Greenberg, Daphne; Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Ogrodnick, Michelle Mavreles – Adult Literacy Education, 2019
In the United States, worker health care is funded through health insurance plans paid for by employers. Insurance plans are written in complicated language that low wage earners (LWE), who have lower levels of education, may find difficult to understand. We examined the relationship between health insurance literacy (HIL), education, and literacy…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Literacy, Reading Skills, Educational Attainment
Yang, Edith; Aceves, Aurelia De La Rosa; Tomlinson, Gloria – MDRC, 2019
Workforce development organizations often find it challenging to assess how former program participants are faring in the labor market, since they need to rely on participants' willingness to report and verify their job placements after they either leave or complete their programs. The 2013 Unemployment Insurance Data Sharing Bill (S5773A) amended…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Labor Force Development, Data Use, Unemployment
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AL-Jadidi, Nadia Ahmed A. – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It also investigated the impact of job satisfaction on their professional commitment. To achieve the objectives of the study, quantitative and qualitative methods were used to verify the level of job satisfaction and its impact on professional commitment. To obtain relevant and sufficient data,…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Early Childhood Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Persistence
Geralyn Agnes Janice – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Louisiana's community and technical colleges provide access to educational programs. However, access to opportunity is not enough for individuals such as low-income Black females due to the residual impact of educational practices and structural inequalities. However, provisional changes in federal funding legislation give states the flexibility…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Females, African American Students, Technical Institutes
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