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Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2021
The Council on Postsecondary Education (Council) is charged with guiding the reform efforts envisioned by state policy leaders in the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 and is Kentucky's statewide postsecondary and adult education coordinating agency. To gain better insight into economic conditions and workforce trends,…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Postsecondary Education, Labor Market, Labor Force Development
Billings, Kara Clifford; Bryan, Sylvia L.; Donovan, Sarah A. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
An estimated 339,000 workers were employed in foodservice operations in the nation's elementary and secondary schools. While news stories often focus on so-called "lunch ladies," the school foodservice workforce encompasses employees ranging from front-line cafeteria workers to chefs and food preparation staff to administrators and…
Descriptors: Food Service, Labor Force, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
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Habibi, Nader; Kamis, Arnold – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
In this study we investigate the educational attainment of the labour force in the United States. Our data analysis, based on Bureau of Labour Statistics data in more than 700 occupations, produced two important findings. First, we observed that the Overeducation Ratio (share of employees that are overeducated), which began to rise in the United…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Labor Market, Employees, Employer Attitudes
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Holzwart, Rachel; Liu, Albert Y. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
This Data Point examines the early labor market outcomes of public high school students, focusing on graduates who earned different numbers of credits in career and technical education (CTE; see definition in figure notes). The Data Point uses data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). HSLS:09 initially surveyed a national…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education, Vocational Education
Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L. – Congressional Research Service, 2018
This report provides current and historical labor force information about young people ages 16 to 24. In general, youth have a lower rate of labor force participation, and those who are in the labor force are less likely to gain employment than older workers. On the labor supply side, young people are making greater investments in education by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Labor Force, Labor Market
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Yoo, Paul Y.; Domina, Thurston; McEachin, Andrew; Clark, Leah; Hertenstein, Hannah; Penner, Andrew M. – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2023
Virtual charter schools are increasingly popular, yet there is no research on the long-term outcomes of virtual charter students. We link statewide education records from Oregon with earnings information from IRS records housed at the U.S. Census Bureau to provide evidence on how virtual charter students fare as young adults. Virtual charter…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Charter Schools, Virtual Schools, Outcomes of Education
Deb, Partha; Gangaram, Anjelica – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
In this paper, we examine the impact of school shootings on the human health and capital outcomes of middle and high school student survivors as adults in their twenties and early thirties. Our data on school shooting events is from a recent, comprehensive database of school shootings compiled by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The…
Descriptors: Violence, Risk, Student Behavior, Health
Lavy, Victor; Kott, Assaf; Rachkovski, Genia – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018
We analyze in this paper the long term effect of a high school remedial education program, almost two decades after its implementation. We combine high school records with National Social Security administrative data to examine longer-term outcomes when students were in their early 30s. Our evidence suggest that treated students experienced a 10…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Outcomes of Education, High School Students, College Students
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Cholik, Mochamad; Samani, Muchlas; Buditjahjanto, I. G. P. Asto; Putri, Aldila Rahma – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Vocational High Schools are designed to prepare students to enter the workforce, so that the graduates' absorption, waiting periods and the first salaries become the indicator of effectiveness. However, the Central Statistics Agency's data shows that the open unemployment for Vocational High Schools graduates is very high and exceeds the Senior…
Descriptors: Vocational High Schools, High School Students, High School Graduates, Education Work Relationship
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Hambali, IM – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2019
When coping with the tight competition in the Asian Economic Community, career guidance from educators can be very beneficial to students. This research looks at vocational high schools in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia and aims to: see the attainments of vocational school graduates in labor markets, analyze guidance-counseling program to bridge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational High Schools, Education Work Relationship, Labor Market
Sublett, Cameron – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
Ever since the passage of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the lines historically used to separate "vocational" and "academic" students have blurred. This shift away from vocational education toward career and technical education (CTE) has come with many promising educational outcomes. CTE course…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Course Selection (Students), Labor Market, High School Students
Bloomfield, Amber; Rose, Bess A.; Preston, Alison M.; Henneberger, Angela K. – Association for Institutional Research, 2020
Brain drain--the movement of high school and college graduates out of state for employment--is a concern for state policymakers. This study focuses on brain drain of students who graduate from high school in Maryland. Using data from the Maryland Longitudinal Data System and applying propensity score matching to control for differences between the…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Migration Patterns, Relocation, Student Mobility
Mokher, Christine; Sun, Christopher; Pearson, Juliana – CNA Corporation, 2015
Career and technical education (CTE) programs play a vital role in preparing high school students for life after graduation. The Carl D. Perkins Act of 2006 (Perkins) requires states that receive federal CTE funding to align secondary and postsecondary programs, so that students can transition seamlessly from a high school CTE program to a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Occupations, Employment Patterns, Wages
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2018
This research paper is the fifth in a series produced as part of the Cedefop project The changing nature and role of VET (2016-18). Based on comparative analysis of labour force survey data from 2014, the report analyses the vocational effect on labour market and education outcomes, asking whether any advantages conferred by vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Vocational Education, Labor Market
Statistics Canada, 2018
This fact sheet explores the education and labour market situation of young Canadians aged 15 to 19. In this paper we find that: (1) The proportion of 15 to 19 year old Canadians who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) has fallen over time; (2) In general, countries with lower NEET rates for this age group tend to have a higher…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Late Adolescents, Unemployment, Out of School Youth
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