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    • 70 Percent Solution: Five Principles for Helping Young People Make Decisions During and After High School – Summary Report

      Jun 09, 2004

      Delivers five principles for change that will strengthen the education of our young people and all Americans about careers, work, and economic change; provides analysis and examples addressing major challenges in schools and the appropriate roles of the 70 Percent Solution.

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    • Getting Back to Work: New Public/Private Strategies for Laid-Off American Workers – Executive Summary

      Jan 27, 2005

      Explores the economic trends and patterns of worker dislocation and experiences of involuntary job loss among workers and employers; principles to guide workers, the organizations that assist them, and companies that carry out layoffs; and offers recommendations for policymakers to respond to widespread job dislocation.

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    • Building Skills and Alliances to Meet Demand in New Jersey’s Labor Market

      Jun 30, 2005

      Examines the Ready for the Job initiative, which highlights four cross-industry skill areas identified by employers, educators, economic forecasters, and industry experts that are critical to the New Jersey labor market; explores the four primary workforce challenges facing employers and workers in New Jersey; and recommends solutions to address these challenges.

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    • Deploying Community Colleges to Strengthen State Economic Development – Executive Summary

      Oct 13, 2005

      Explores the efforts of 10 states, recommended by national experts, to engage community colleges as cornerstones of their comprehensive economic development strategies.

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    • Profile of the Meadowlands Regional Economy and Workforce – Executive Summary

      Jan 26, 2007

      Examines the state of the economy in New Jersey’s Meadowlands with an overview of the region’s economic landscape, workforce supply, and educational resources.

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    • Executive Summary, Leading the Way: The First Year of the State Leaders Innovation Institute

      Dec 01, 2010
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    • Leading the Way: The First Year of the State Leaders Innovation Institute

      Jan 10, 2011

      Presents accomplishments and achievements of the first year of the State Leaders Innovation Institute, a pilot in Connecticut, Maryland, and Minnesota designed to promote systems change that will improve employment outcomes for adults with disabilities by encouraging closer connections between disability employment agencies and actors and the workforce and economic development systems in each state.

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