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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Ridley, Neil; Cheah, Ban; Strohl, Jeff; Campbell, Kathryn Peltier – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2019
The manufacturing workforce has been shaped by decades of industry transformation. Modern manufacturing requires workers with a diverse set of skills to perform functions such as research and development (R&D), product and production design, marketing and sales, and customer support. While workers with a high school diploma or less dominated…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Labor Force, Economic Opportunities, Trend Analysis
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Garcia, Tanya I.; Gulish, Artem – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2017
This report shows how state leaders are using technological advances to improve the use of data in five critical areas: (1) Helping economic and workforce developers, businesses, and colleges to reduce the high costs resulting from uninformed education and workforce decisions; (2) Assisting college leaders in making program-related decisions that…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Career Readiness, Data, Information Utilization
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Gulish, Artem; Hanson, Andrew R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015
Economic projections show that skills-based technological change across industries and occupations will support rising demand for postsecondary education and training. By 2025, the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce projects that 68 percent of the jobs in Iowa will require some level of postsecondary education. A key…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Skills, Associate Degrees, Certification
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Jayasundera, Tamara; Hanson, Andrew R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012
There are 29 million "middle jobs" in the United States that pay $35,000 or more on average and don't require a Bachelor's degree. There are five Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways that educate and train Americans for these jobs: employer-based training, industry-based certifications, apprenticeships, postsecondary certificates, and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Employment, Education Work Relationship, Job Training
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Jayasundera, Tamara; Hanson, Andrew R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012
For recent high school graduates, life is tough. In the past year, one in four young high school graduates was unemployed and over half were underemployed. In the past decade, recent high school graduates' wages have fallen by 12 percent to just $19,400 annually in 2011, below the poverty threshold for a family of four. The downward plight of high…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Employment, Education Work Relationship, Job Training
Carnavale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
The United States has been underproducing college-going workers since 1980. Supply has failed to keep pace with growing demand, and as a result, income inequality has grown precipitously. From 1915 to 1980, supply grew in tandem with demand. But, starting in 1990, the share of college-educated young people in the workforce rose very slowly. If the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Postsecondary Education, Educational Attainment, Labor Supply
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
The United States has been underproducing college-going workers since 1980. Supply has failed to keep pace with growing demand, and as a result, income inequality has grown precipitously. From 1915 to 1980, supply grew in tandem with demand. But, starting in 1990, the share of college-educated young people in the workforce rose very slowly. If the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Technological Advancement, Economic Development, Human Capital
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
No one has had it worse than the Midwest. Job losses in the "great recession" of 2007 spared no region, but the bulk of industries hardest hit were in the Midwestern states. This is the second of a series of reports detailing the job and educational demand prospects for workers, by major census regions. When compared to all other…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Skilled Occupations, Industry, Education Work Relationship