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Download full textCommittee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2024
Postsecondary education in the US--all formal learning experiences beyond high school, including two- and four-year degree programs and occupational and credential programs--is experiencing a momentous transformation in response to changing conditions and the demands of students, employers, and the economy. Yet public trust in higher education has…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Career Pathways, Educational Change, Enrollment Trends
Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2020
COVID-19 has left tens of millions of Americans out of work or uncertain about the future of their current jobs, and thousands of firms urgently reassessing their own viability and path forward. Even before the pandemic led to the highest national unemployment rate since the Great Depression, American businesses and workers were anxious about how…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Force Development, Dislocated Workers, At Risk Persons
Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2021
Achieving prosperity for all Americans could not be more urgent. Although the United States remains the most prosperous nation on earth, millions of citizens are losing faith in the American dream of upward mobility, and in American-style capitalism itself. This crisis of confidence has widened the divide afflicting American politics and cries out…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, COVID-19, Pandemics, Job Training
Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2019
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) believes the nation must focus on effective pathways to help students from all backgrounds and educational attainments successfully transition to careers as members of a skilled US workforce. To further that goal, this report looks at three tools to better serve those students whose initial entry into…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Apprenticeships
Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2015
Fewer than 40 percent of Americans have a college degree. As the economy grows ever more dependent on a highly skilled workforce, this statistic speaks volumes about the future prosperity of the nation and its least-advantaged members. It also raises a critical question: What is being done to improve the educational attainment of the workforce?…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, School Business Relationship, Employees, Skill Development
Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2015
Fewer than 40 percent of Americans have a college degree. As the economy grows ever more dependent on a highly skilled workforce, this statistic speaks volumes about the future prosperity of the nation and its least-advantaged members. It also raises a critical question: What is being done to improve the educational attainment of the workforce?…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, School Business Relationship, Employees, Skill Development
