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A Jobless vs. A Job Loss Recovery - A Comparative Chart

2005-04-01

This chart compares the net job gains and losses during the 29 months following the recessions of the early 1990s and the recession of 2001.

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Comparative Chart

Enhancing Lifelong Learning Opportunities for Adult Workers

2005-05-02

This report reviews the status of lifelong learning services for adults in the U.S. workforce. It also offers recommendations for how policymakers can contribute to improving the quality and availability of learning opportunities for all Americans.

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Adult Workers Paper

Executive Summary: Deploying Community Colleges to Strengthen State Economic Development

2005-10-13

State governments across the United States are engaging community colleges as cornerstones of their comprehensive economic development strategies. This report summarizes the efforts of 10 states to deploy community colleges in support of state economic development priorities.

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Community Colleges Executive Summary

Full Report: Deploying Community Colleges to Strengthen State Economic Development

2005-10-13

State governments across the United States are engaging community colleges as cornerstones of their comprehensive economic development strategies. This report profiles the efforts of 10 states to deploy community colleges in support of state economic development priorities.

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Community Colleges Full Report

Slides to Accompany Harvard Article: The 1990s Economic Boom: Another Period of Missed Opportunities?

2004-05-03

These Powerpoint slides are meant to be viewed along with the Harvard Jornal of African American Public Policy article, "The 1990's Economic Boom: Another Period of Missed Opportunities?"

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1990s Economic Boom Slides

State TANF Policy and Services to People with Disabilities

2002-11-07

This report identifies state policies and procedures that are designed to ensure that people with disabilities and/or parents with children with disabilities are provided the opportunity to participate in state TANF programs.

Publication Type: National Policy Analysis

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TANF Case Study

The 1990s Economic Boom: Another Period of Missed Opportunities?

2004-05-03

This article in the Harvard University Journal of African American Public Policy explores the idea that the significant income gains achieved by American workers during the 1990s economic boom may be jeopardized if government fails to enact balanced policies on taxes, education and job training.

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1990s Economic Boom

The 1990s Economic Boom: Another Period of Missed Opportunities? A Presentation by William Rodgers

2004-04-30

This presentation explores the idea that the significant income gains achieved by American workers during the 1990s economic boom may be jeopardized if government fails to enact balanced policies on taxes, education and job training.

Publication Type: National Policy Analysis

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1990s Economic Boom Presentation

The 70 Percent Solution Summary Report

2004-06-09

This summary report offers a different vision of how educators, employers, parents, and all those who care about the development of young people should understand and address life after high school. The report finds that students and all Americans need better and more informed choices for the next step after high school, and at every stage of their careers, as they seek the knowledge and skills that will help them succeed in the workplace and meet their economic necessities. It calls upon parents, students, policymakers, and educators to recognize the realities and opportunities of the changing new economy for people of different educational backgrounds—and to support the increasing importance of lifelong learning to the success of so many Americans.

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70% Solution - Summary

The 70 Percent Solution: Five Principles for Helping Young People Make Decisions During and After High School

2004-06-09

This report offers a different vision of how educators, employers, parents, and all those who care about the development of young people should understand and address life after high school. The report finds that students and all Americans need better and more informed choices for the next step after high school, and at every stage of their careers, as they seek the knowledge and skills that will help them succeed in the workplace and meet their economic necessities. It calls upon parents, students, policymakers, and educators to recognize the realities and opportunities of the changing new economy for people of different educational backgrounds—and to support the increasing importance of lifelong learning to the success of so many Americans.

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70% Solution - Full

The Emerging Wealth Belt: New Jersey's New Millenium Geography

1999-10-14

Describes the emergence of an economic cluster of counties in New Jersey and explains the reason for this new spatial alignment of the economy. The report also traces the historical shifts in the economic geography of New Jersey from its rural beginnings to its high technology present. Finally, the report describes the countervailing deomgraphy and economic intiatives that once more may tilt growth back to urban New Jersey. It notes, however, that a variety of economic and public policy challenges raise serious questions about the outcome of the redirection of our state's spatial development.

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Emerging Wealth Belt

Turning Brownfields into Jobfields

2002-12-31

A handbook for practitioners and citizens on making brownfields development work.

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Turning Brownfields into Jobfields

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