Reports & Publications

WICHE Stat Alert –December 8, 2011-- Career Clusters: Forecasting Demand for High School Through College Jobs, 2008-2018
The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, in collaboration with the National Research Center for Career and the Technical Education and the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education, have released the report “Career Clusters: Forecasting Demand for High School Through College Jobs, 2008-2018”. The report looks at education requirements, projected job accessibility and potential earnings by the industries and occupations the jobs cluster in, and differences for male and female workers. Not surprisingly, the report depicts the most positive outlook for workers with Bachelor’s and graduate degrees. The role of career and technical education in career-ready education is demonstrated by findings about the promise of middle-skill jobs for those with some level of postsecondary education or training short of a Bachelor’s degree, and the declining job prospects for those with just high school diplomas. The full report, an executive summary and state-level analysis of jobs by career cluster are available at http://cew.georgetown.edu/Clusters.

Workforce Development

A Jobs Mismatch
The United States economy is in serious danger from a growing mismatch between the skills that will be needed for jobs being created and the educational backgrounds of would-be workers, according to a report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. By 2018, there will be a shortage of 3 million workers who have some postsecondary degree and of 4.7 million workers who have a postsecondary certificate. Colleges need to be more career-oriented and overhaul the way they educate students, to much more closely align the curriculum with specific jobs, the report said. (Inside Higher Ed, 06/15/10)

Middle Skills Job Report

Programs of Study: Local Implementation Readiness and Capacity Self-Assessment
A Tool for Local College and Career Readiness, August 2010

Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5

Five years ago, the National Academies prepared Rising Above the Gathering Storm, a book that cautioned: "Without a renewed effort to bolster the foundations of our competitiveness, we can expect to lose our privileged position." Since that time we find ourselves in a country where much has changed--and a great deal has not changed.

Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited provides a snapshot of the work of the government and the private sector in the past five years, analyzing how the original recommendations have or have not been acted upon, what consequences this may have on future competitiveness, and priorities going forward. In addition, readers will find a series of thought- and discussion-provoking factoids--many of them alarming--about the state of science and innovation in America.

UP TO THE CHALLENGE" CTE REPORT RELEASED

Produced by ACTE, NASDECTEc and P21, this report highlights the demand for skills in the global economy and ways for educators to draw on career and technical education and the P21 Framework.

Significant Discussions Project

The Significant Discussions Project is based on the recognition that misalignment of curriculum among secondary schools, community colleges, universities, and employers creates barriers to student success, and that collaborative discussions about curriculum alignment across educational sectors are often random and voluntary.

ACT Report on College and Career

The report offers both instructional and curricular support recommendations, as well as policy considerations for state and federal policymakers that can support teaching and learning of the Common Core.

Pathways to Prosperity

MDRC: Improving Remedial Education Opportunities for Students

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