HKS Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
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Publication Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change(Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, 2023-11) Fuller, Joseph; Mckittrick, Kerry; Seibel, Sherry; Wilson, James; Dash, Vasundhara; Epstein, AlexandraPathways to economic opportunity are broken in the United States, disproportionately affecting Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals and those from low-income backgrounds. Disrupting long-standing occupational segregation and improving outcomes for all will require a system of career navigation that gives all individuals economic agency and opportunity. Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change dissects the evidence and practice of career navigation and sets an agenda for a more equitable career navigation ecosystem. Based on an extensive literature review and consultation with experts and frontline workers, we identify the drivers of career navigation success and lay out core design principles and recommendations for the future. At a time of rapid technological transformation, policymakers, employers, educators, intermediaries, and philanthropies must collaborate to build a system of supports and pathways that provide all individuals with the information, skills, social capital, resources, and social structures they need to advance.Publication The Workforce Almanac: System-Level View of U.S. Workforce Training Providers(Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, 2023-11) Gable, Alexis; Forshaw, Tessa; Lipson, Rachel; Gazzaneo, NathalieThe future of work increasingly requires workers of all education levels to reskill and upskill. As the rate of emerging technologies integrating into work rises, so do the costs to people who do not update their skills. Crucial skills for the future of work can be learned in reskilling and upskilling workforce programs. While the U.S. workforce development sector provides an infrastructure for training workers to succeed in the workplace, this sector goes largely unrecognized due to its fragmentation. Practitioners and researchers alike have struggled to understand the connected picture of how higher education institutions, apprenticeships, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations train American workers. This working paper describes the Workforce Almanac, a first-of-its-kind effort to understand workforce training at a system-wide level. We provide a new open-source directory of nearly 17,000 workforce training providers across the United States. This dataset (available at http://www.workforcealmanac.com) offers the most comprehensive view to date of U.S. workforce training providers, including provider names, locations, and types. To create this Almanac, we combined training provider information from four distinct sources into one new dataset, capturing federal Registered Apprenticeship providers, nonprofit providers, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)-eligible training providers, and higher education providers.Publication Navigating Public Job Training(Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, 2023-03) Deming, David; Gable, Alexis; Lipson, Rachel; Zvaigzne, ArkadijsThis report describes and analyzes the more than 75,000 “Eligible Training Provider” (ETP) programs in the United States. ETP programs are job training programs deemed eligible for funding under America’s primary federal workforce development law, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).[1] Among other functions, WIOA funds vouchers for unemployed or underemployed workers to enroll in job training services. The vouchers are typically used to support enrollment in short-term, non-four-year-degree programs that connect to "in-demand employment” opportunities in a regional economy. Under the law, each state and territory must maintain a list of pre-approved programs that eligible individuals may select from. The programs on these lists (commonly known as “eligible training provider lists” – ETPLs) comprise our primary unit of analysis. We analyze federal and state data sources to better understand the publicly-funded job training landscape in the United States. We combine training provider and program data from the Department of Labor (DOL) with individual performance records and occupational datasets to study the types of providers receiving WIOA funding and the kinds of jobs for which they are training. In addition, we look at state websites for all 50 U.S. states to understand how program information is made available to potential enrollees. Our analysis seeks to answer three primary research questions: 1) What are the most common characteristics of WIOA-eligible training providers and programs? 2) Which fields of study and occupations are most commonly supported by federal funding? 3) Is federal funding for workforce training directed towards good-paying and in-demand occupations?Publication Delivering on the Degree: The College-to-Jobs Playbook(Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, 2023-04) Deming, David; Fuller, Joseph; Lipson, Rachel; Mckittrick, Kerry; Epstein, Alexandra; Catalfamo, EmmaIn this playbook, we provide a framework to help college better deliver on the American Dream. We create a coherent, comprehensive taxonomy of the landscape of college-to-jobs programs and policies through a review of the existing academic research according to a set of common criteria. With a focus on public two-year and four-year colleges, Minority Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, we identify 13 “interventions” within the college ecosystem that could be used to ease the transition into good jobs in the workforce.Publication Normalizing alternative pathways to young, black, & bright futures(Project on Workforce at Harvard, 2022-08) Ismail, Selma; Waysome, KaylaSummer Fellows with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund provide recommendations for the development of the National Black Talent Bank. They research how the Talent Bank can become a leading initiative in serving Black youth who are seeking alternative pathways to employment and education.Publication Promising practices to close equity gaps in career and technical education(Project on Workforce at Harvard, 2022-08) Mckittrick, Kerry; Nguyen, KennySummer Fellows with the U.S. Department of Education present the findings of an analysis of promising state strategies to advance equity in secondary career and technical education by examining state and territory Perkins V performance.Publication Beyond the box: Equal access to postsecondary education(Project on Workforce at Harvard, 2022-08) Lubben, Ann; Zhou, JennySummer Fellows with the U.S. Department of Education aim to reimagine guidance for institutions and organizations serving formerly incarcerated students. They incorporate new research, practice, and lived experiences from students, administrators, and subject matter experts to inform recommendations for the Second Chance Pell program.Publication Scaling work-based learning(Project on Workforce at Harvard, 2022-08) Malhotra, Priya; Michaels, Katherine; Stephens, VanceSummer Fellows with the City of Boston provide a landscape analysis of Boston’s youth employment system. Based on engagement with key stakeholders, they make recommendations to build upon existing resources to create more work-based learning opportunities and scale impact for Boston youth.Publication Building the U.S. infrastructure workforce(Project on Workforce at Harvard, 2022-08) Budler, Tanya; Stark, SarahSummer Fellows with the U.S. Department of Transportation review strategies for growing and diversifying the infrastructure workforce. This report aims to provide tools and examples for construction workforce advocates and local policymakers to create equitable access to construction workforce programs.Publication Workforce data in action(Project on Workforce at Harvard, 2022) Sanchez, Michael; Seibel, SherryThe United States Department of Labor (DOL) is responsible for policy recommendations, partitioning government funds to grant awardees, and overseeing the wellbeing of our nation’s workers. It utilizes government research databases such as the Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research and Health and Human Services’ Pathways to Work Clearinghouse to aid in these processes. However, these research resources are scattered and related findings not well chronicled. Locating relevant data is time consuming and cumbersome. To mitigate this issue, the Project on Workforce Summer Fellows designed a prototype for an internal, centralized dashboard containing key insights from studies in five government research databases and one non-profit database. Furthermore, we aggregated findings on high priority initiatives including reentry, career pathways, sector strategies, and dislocated workers. The intended primary users are the Department of Labor’s Employee and Training Administration and outside consultants. The tool enhances the evidence finding process and help advance pertinent initiatives. This report outlines the dashboard design process, tool highlights, and describes intervention insights gleaned from initial use of the prototype.
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