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Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated the centrality of frontline workers to the everyday functioning of the American economy and daily life. But while some articles have mentioned the high proportion of immigrant workers in these roles, there has been much less attention paid to the high number of English learners in particular. The…
Descriptors: Pandemics, English Language Learners, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
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Ingels, Steven J.; Glennie, Elizabeth; Lauff, Erich; Wirt, John G. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This report describes patterns of continuity and change over time in four areas of the transition to adulthood among young adults as measured 2 years after their senior year of high school. The four areas are postsecondary enrollment, labor force roles, family formation, and civic engagement through voting or military service. The analysis…
Descriptors: Military Service, High Schools, Marital Status, Young Adults
US Senate, 2005
This hearing was convened to examine issues relating to higher education and corporate leaders, focusing on defining the roles industry and institutions of higher education will have to ensure that the United States has the skilled and diverse workforce it will need to succeed today and in the future. The Committee heard statements by: Michael B.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Hearings, Labor Force
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
As part of the process of developing the reauthorization legislation for the Higher Education Act of 1965 and its descendants, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education heard testimony on questions pertaining to the postsecondary education pipeline and the requirements of the future work force. In particular the testimony addressed the questions…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Equal Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
As part of a series of field hearings across the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met in Pleasant Hill, California, to hear testimony specifically on access to education for children of lower and middle class families in California. Discussed were the rising cost of higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Students, Community Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
As part of a series of field hearings across the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met in Great Falls, Montana, to hear testimony specifically on access to education for children of middle class farm families in Montana. In the course of the hearing witnesses touched on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Students, Educational Finance