Search Results - subject:"Workforce development"

Examining the labor market presence of US WISEs

Cooney, Kate - In: Social Enterprise Journal 9 (2013) 2, pp. 147-163

employment conditions suggest that additional aspects of WISE workforce development strategy should be taken into account …

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Reworking workforce development : Chicago's sectoral workforce centers

Schrock, Greg - In: Economic development quarterly : the journal of … 27 (2013) 3, pp. 163-178

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Examining the labor market presence of US WISEs

Cooney, Kate - In: Social enterprise journal 9 (2013) 2, pp. 147-163

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Youth workers in college: A replicable model for professional development

Shockley, Carrie; Thompson, Ashleigh - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 4, pp. 735-739

Positive relationships with skilled frontline staff are critical to positive youth outcomes (Bouffard & Little, 2004), and yet many youth workers are insufficiently prepared to deal with these complex environments (Casey Foundation, 2003). There is also concern that there is little motivation...

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Return on Investment in Workforce Development Programs

Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2012

Under more and more fiscal scrutiny because of shrinking state and local budgets, workforce development programs are … being asked to estimate their return on investment (ROI). This paper introduces basic concepts of ROI in workforce … development programs. It distinguishes ROIs estimated for workforce programs from those that are estimated for financial …

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A Methodology for Setting State and Local Regression-Adjusted Performance Targets for Workforce Investment Act Programs

Eberts, Randall W.; Huang, Wei-Jang; Cai, Jing - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2012

regression-adjusted approach for setting national targets for several federal workforce development programs, including WIA Adult …

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The Influence of Business Ownership and Selected Demographic Characteristics on the Perceived Effectiveness of an Entrepreneurship Training Program Among Female Participants

Carter, Carol A. - 2011

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and entrepreneurship is of critical importance to women because it provides a means to becoming self-sufficient, in charge of ones own career path, and as a way to rise about the glass ceiling of the corporate world. Women who perceive...

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The Influence of Budget Allocation by Function on Student Retention of Public Community Colleges in the Sixteen States in the Southern Region Education Board.

Burton, Clayton Clendenin - 2011

Stakeholders of higher education expect a positive return for their investment. One of the measures of success for higher education is persistence; one of the measures of persistence is retention rate. One segment of higher education, community colleges, receives a significant outlay of public...

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Toward an effective treatment system for adolescents with substance use disorders: The role of the states

Cavanaugh, Doreen; Kraft, M. Katherine; Muck, Randolph; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 33 (2011) S1, pp. 16-16

, treatment system financing, workforce development, the implementation of evidence-based practices, and family involvement in all …

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Linking Industry and Occupation Clusters in Regional Economic Development

Nolan, Christine; Morrison, Ed; Kumar, Indraneel; … - In: Economic Development Quarterly 25 (2011) 1, pp. 26-35

Research to date suggests that occupation clusters may be at least as important as industry clusters in driving regional competitive advantage. A nationwide mapping of occupation clusters, with data available for every U.S. county and the capability to aggregate counties to a regional level,...

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