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Download full textNational Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2020
It has become increasingly difficult to succeed in the U.S. workforce with only a high school diploma. While 75% of the middle-class workforce had only a high school education in the 1970s, that percentage dropped to below 40% by 2007. An estimated two-thirds of all jobs in 2020 will require some postsecondary training, up from just a quarter of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Programs, Program Length, Labor Force Development
Swender, Herbert James – 1991
In 1990, a national survey of two-year institutions revealed that among colleges operating Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs, the cost per participant was far below the national average for JTPA programs. However, interviews conducted with community colleges suggested that officials responsible for disbursing JTPA funds were not…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, College Role, Community Colleges
