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Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Bozick, Robert; Tharp-Taylor, Shannah; Phillips, Andrea – RAND Corporation, 2011
This report presents a detailed assessment of the extent to which "The Pittsburgh Promise"--a postsecondary education scholarship intended to remedy the area's population decline, foster high school completion and college readiness among Pittsburgh district students, and prepare a capable and energetic workforce for the city--has met its…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Scholarships, Scholarship Funds, Eligibility
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2013
This report is the successor to "Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Demand through 2018," in which researchers examined the connections between educational attainment and educational demand in the labor market. In this report, the authors update the jobs projected to be available through 2020, using a macro-micro modeling…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Job Development, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
According to data from the 1992 Biennial Gallup Survey on Giving and Volunteering, having some level of postsecondary education is clearly associated with increased levels of volunteering and giving. Sixty-three percent of adults aged 25 years and older with some postsecondary education reported both volunteering their time and making charitable…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Attainment, Public Service, Salary Wage Differentials
Bayne, G. Keith – 1985
This report provides the results of a questionnaire survey of 830 postsecondary vocational-technical students attending state-operated schools in Kentucky. The objectives of the study were: (1) to provide demographic information needed to prepare profiles of typical students by program area; (2) to determine the relationships of economic status…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Demography, Disabilities