Current Projects
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Aging, Disability, and Employment Initiative for the U.S. Department of Labor
Under the NTAR Leadership Center for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, the Heldrich Center has maintained a strategic focus on older workers, examining demographic trends, health and disability in midlife, and disability, aging, and employment trends and drivers.
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Analysis of the Education and Supply of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Graduates and Career Trajectories
This project examines the STEM “pipeline” from high school through mid-career. Using multiple longitudinal datasets and cross-sectional data, as well as educational data (tests, surveys), the study examines changes in supply of STEM students and demand for STEM workers since the 1970s.
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Community Colleges and Older Workers: A Review of Current Practices with an In-depth Focus on Dislocated Workers and Students with Disabilities
The Heldrich Center is reviewing current practices on serving older workers at community colleges to synthesize what is known about these practices and make recommendations for future practices to better address the particular issues facing older workers at community colleges.
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Development of a Career Planning Course with Labor Market Information at Rutgers University
The Heldrich Center is partnering with Rutgers University’s Career Services office and the School of Arts and Sciences to develop a unique one-credit course pilot to help undergraduate students better align their major choice, course selection, and other college activities with their career interests and labor market realities.
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Dynamics of Engineering Labor Markets: Petroleum Engineering and Responsive Supply
This Heldrich Center study examines the recent increase in demand for petroleum engineers and the response by students leading to a dramatic increase in numbers of graduates.
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Employment and Sustainability in a Time of Transition: Human Capital Development, Firm Strategy, and Community in the Arctic
Case studies of industry, workers, and communities that examine business strategy, workforce development and career patterns, and engage communities in assessing labor market and socioeconomic changes in the Arctic and sub-Arctic wage economy.
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Evaluating Employment Programs for People with Disabilities
Identification of the Kessler Foundation's performance measures, and evaluations of six Kessler grants.
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Evaluation of a Vocational Model for Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Somerset County, New Jersey
The Heldrich Center is under contract with Somerset County in central New Jersey to conduct an independent evaluation of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey's (MHANJ) model for assisting people with mental illnesses to become employed.
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Evaluation of Essex County College's Stay-in-Step Academy
Evaluation of Essex County College's Stay-in-Step Academy in order to assess the overall effectiveness of the Academy in achieving positive outcomes.
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Evaluation of Essex County College’s Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Formula Grant
The Heldrich Center is evaluating four diverse initiatives at Essex County College in New Jersey that are funded as part of its PBI formula grant: recitation sections for math, a learning community in English and math for remedial students, instruction of professors in how to use computer software to improve instruction in mathematics, and a college preparatory program for individuals who have dropped out of high school.
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