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The "Youth Apprenticeship in America Today: Connecting High School Students to Apprenticeship" report developed by New America presents key findings, supported by policy initiatives in ten states, to guide policy makers in connecting education and...

The "Apprenticeships and Community Colleges: Do They Have a Future Together" report written by the American Enterprise Institute describes the state of apprenticeships in the nation, and defines the obstacles facing community colleges in...

Using data from an experimental evaluation of Job Corps, this article examines earning potential and longer term program impacts on participants.

Provides an overview of youth programs authorized under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), current funding priorities, as well as a general history of federal youth employment and job training programs.

Presents impact and benefit-cost findings from this large-scale random assignment evaluation of Job Corps.

Analyzes the relationship between Job Corps performance measures and center-level impact estimates from the National Job Corps Study (NJCS) conducted in 1993.

Examines the impact of Job Corps on participants who achieve two milestones—completing a vocational training program and/or attaining a GED—as part of a series of evaluations of Job Corps.

This is the final report evaluating the Cascades College and Career Academy (CCCA). CCCA was a pilot program intended to provide several years of career pathways programs in two industries—healthcare and information technology—that connected...

This study explores the use of Technology Based Learning (TBL) in the Job Corps program. It focuses on the use of TBL in the program, specifically in the context of academic remediation in reading and math, also referred to as basic education...

Examine data from a randomized evaluation of 472 youths enrolled in the Job Corps program; and finds the program increased future earnings and reduced dependence on long-term disability benefits for youth with medical limitations.