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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.

Presents findings from a 2016 national scan of research and evaluation capacity in state workforce agencies and site visits to two states with significant capacity (Ohio and Washington); and identifies strategies to boost research and evaluation...

Reports descriptive findings on employment in the energy and advanced manufacturing sectors and the status of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education within a 27 county region of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia...

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.

This report summarizes the long-term findings of a rigorous random assignment evaluation of the WorkAdvance model, a sectoral training and advancement initiative. Launched in 2011, WorkAdvance goes beyond the previous generation of employment...

This report summarizes the long-term findings of a rigorous random assignment evaluation of the WorkAdvance model, a sectoral training and advancement initiative. Launched in 2011, WorkAdvance goes beyond the previous generation of employment...

Transforming the public workforce system by using data to focus on the economic mobility of historically marginalized communities in training, programs, policies, and initiatives.

Bringing together state and community college leaders with workforce and industry partners to collaboratively identify and scale strategies that give workers the skills necessary to succeed in an economy reshaped by the pandemic.

Provides step-by-step instructions and resources on designing and implementing work-based learning opportunities to upgrade the skills of new and incumbent frontline workers.

Examines state rapid response practices designed to coordinate the delivery of a wide array of services to displaced workers.