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Di Xu; Kelli A. Bird; Michael Cooper; Benjamin L. Castleman – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Many public workforce training programs lead to industry-recognized, third-party awarded credentials, but little research has been conducted on the economic benefits of these credentials in the labor market. This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence on the labor market returns to industry-recognized credentials connected to community college…
Descriptors: Noncredit Courses, Credentials, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2021
In 2018, BHEF and the Business Roundtable joined forces to create the Workforce Partnership Initiative (WPI). The initiative invited Business Roundtable CEOs to form multi-company partnerships and connect with leaders of postsecondary institutions to meet regional workforce needs. Dozens of CEOs responded, and the JPMorgan Chase Foundation awarded…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2025
The annual "State Policies Impacting CTE: Year in Review" report is released every February to report on developments in CTE-related legislation and other actions enacted nationwide for the previous calendar year. The report examines how CTE and career readiness initiatives are connected and advanced in states through 2024 state policy…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Career and Technical Education, State Legislation
Smillie, Siri – Education Commission of the States, 2021
State policymakers recognize the economic imperative to ensure that education and training are connected to good jobs. Employers are seeking -- and are often struggling -- to hire appropriately skilled workers. For job seekers, the path to a good job with education beyond a high school diploma is certainly clearer than one without postsecondary…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, State Policy, Educational Policy, Policy Formation