1. Performance Management

New Jersey Consumer Report Card (1998-present)

Under a contract with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Heldrich Center matches on a quarterly basis graduates of all public institutions of higher education in New Jersey (from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education's Student Unit Record data system), graduates of adult vocational programs, and completers of training programs at private training providers with the New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Wage Record data in order to calculate performance outcomes for all education and training providers in the state.

Bio-1 WIRED (2007 - present)

As part of the U.S. Department of Labor's WIRED initiative, the Heldrich Center is calculating performance outcomes for the Central New Jersey Bio-1 WIRED region. The Heldrich Center is calculating labor market outcomes specifically for the biosciences industry. The work involves running a quarterly match of the New Jersey higher education data and the New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Wage Record data.

Products:

Performance Metrics: Approach and Framework

Bio-1 Dashboard Review 

Labor Market Outcomes of New Jersey County Colleges (2008-present)

The Heldrich Center is in the process of matching the graduates of all county colleges in New Jersey between 2002 and 2006 with the New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Wage Records. The purpose of this analysis is to study the change over time in the earnings of county college graduates as well as of individuals who attend a county college but discontinue their studies without earning a degree.

Product:

Determining the Employment and Higher Education Outcomes of New Jersey’s County Colleges

2. Evaluation

Prisoner Reentry Programs (2008-present)

The Heldrich Center has used New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Wage Record data and adminsitrative records from non-profit organizations that run prisoner reentry initiatives to assess the effectiveness of those programs.

Product:

Labor Market Outcomes of the Nicholson Foundation’s Prisoner Reentry Program

Quasi-experimental Evaluation (ongoing)

The Heldrich Center can use administrative data to create matched comparison groups for the purpose of conducting evaluations of workforce programs.

Product:

An Evaluation of the Newark/Essex Construction Careers Consortium Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program