From the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, this issue brief discusses how there is currently a gap between the supply and demand of workers in the STEM labor force. As baby boomers…

From the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and the Center for Law and Social Policy, this paper presents the results of a telephone survey of subsidized employment programs funded all or in part with funds from the TANF Emergency Fund. The…

The Department of Labor has launched a new online tool will help young adults, students, first-time workers and those returning to the workforce to explore careers and find jobs. The page includes information on 900 occupations, job openings, and…

This report from Portland State University summarizes the discussion that took place at the 2011 Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring, a gathering of over 50 mentoring researchers, practitioners, service providers, and policymakers that focused on…

Over 26 million adults in the United States do not have a high school degree and many of these individuals are classified as low-skilled. Many Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs, designed to provide foundational skills, are failing to place low…

This descriptive report from Chapin Hall of the University of Chicago depicts the changing characteristics of Chicago’s workforce and the evolving needs of the local economy. Through the use of data from the U.S. Census and the American Community…

As part of the Employment Retention and Advancement project, this issue brief is from MDRC and offers data from the study three years after its start. The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project evaluated strategies to promote…

This report was authored through the National Skills Coalition and provides information on Michigan’s No Worker Left Behind Initiative. The Initiative refocused Michigan’s workforce development strategy from quickly placing workers into jobs to a…

Community colleges around the country are faced with the task of teaching basic skills courses to over 2.5 million students. These students are often unable to make the transition to college-level coursework, an inability that has significant…

From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, this news report discusses Census data that show, despite the economic recession, government efforts prevented an increase in poverty in 2009. Specifically, existing programs, such as…