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This report shows how the geography of manufacturing has changed from 1940 to 2016 and provides data at the state and county levels for 18 states in which manufacturing was the largest employer at the beginning of the 21st century.

Describes the growth of irregular employment, collects input from a design group of 25 workforce bodies, reviews public markets established in Britain, and outlines ways in which workforce development boards in the United States can expand public...

Describes the Business-Higher Education Forum’s initiative to expand partnerships that address gaps in content knowledge and workforce skills in undergraduate STEM education and highlights lessons learned from projects in Maryland and Ohio.

Presents promising practices from Milwaukee’s Tech Tern Model, a youth/industry partnership that connected 18 male high school students, most of whom were African American from low-income backgrounds, with employer mentorship and real-world...

Describes findings from an online survey of sixty-six manufacturing employers in the Puget Sound area of Washington, detailing employer needs, priorities, challenges, and recommendations for improving student preparedness.

Provides two data-driven career pathways frameworks – one that reflects the employer perspective, and one that reflects the employee perspective – to better understand career development and retention in today’s workplace.

The M-CAM consortium was formed in the aftermath of the global economic recession of 2007–2009 when the economy in Michigan was beginning to recover. To train workers for the jobs expected to be in demand in the future and to meet the projected...

This policy framework for Equitable Economic Recovery includes a set of three policy pillars and four guiding principles that provide a road map for how the country can deliver on the promise of economic advancement for all.

Profiles each state's work-based learning policies in a state-by-state format that policymakers, researchers, and practitioners can reference at a glance and reports on the extent to which work-based learning policies have been implemented across...

Examines the technological infrastructure of WIOA reporting systems in 46 states through surveys and state site visits; and provides recommendations to improve the integration of data systems for workforce practitioners and policymakers.