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A postsecondary degree or credential is increasingly necessary for success in today's job market. That said, postsecondary attainment by underrepresented students continues to lag when compared to their peers. These resources provide...

Examines how alternative educational credentials are distributed throughout the U.S. population, how they are used in educational pathways, and what the association is between these credentials and various labor market outcomes.

The Center for Employment Training (CET) youth program produced large positive effects on their employment and earnings in two earlier studies in the late 1980s. The U.S. Department of Labor launched the Evaluation of the Center for Employment...

Interim findings from an implementation study of the Career Advancement Account (CAA) Demonstration Project, an effort to test a voucher-based, consumer-driven, self-guided approach to providing access to training for the U.S. workforce.

To better understand the perspective of sponsors, who are mainly employers, this report was commissioned to learn more about what sponsors value, dislike, or would like to see changed about registered apprenticeship.

Presents interim, 30-month findings for disadvantaged youth in twelve sites that replicated the Center for Employment Training model.

Examines the work and results of the Milwaukee Area Workforce Funding Alliance in organizing funding and networks of leaders to address the unemployment and poverty in the region.

Presents data on the rate of attainment and perceived value of work experience programs and non-degree credentials, which include work credentials and post-secondary educational certificates, from a 2016 national survey of noninstitutionalized...

Describes how Indiana has worked to reduce recidivism through criminal justice policy reform, with a focus on the state’s investments in education and training for inmates and programmatic alignment across education, justice, and workforce systems.

Presents findings from an evaluation of a Southern California workforce development program created to improve employment and educational services provided to disconnected young adults between 18 and 24; the evaluation includes an outcome study, a...