Federal Reports.
This federal policy brief provides a state-by-state analysis of the House-proposed cuts to programs under the Workforce Investment Act in Fiscal Year 2012.
Co-written by NSC and the Georgetown Center, this policy brief examines recent innovations in state workforce policy and the implications for their continuation in the current changing political, economic and budgetary environment.
This must-have reference tool profiles the "nuts and bolts" of a range of federal education and training programs support skills training and education at the state and local level. Download individual chapters.
This report advocates for greater expansion of federal funding to begin to build a foundation for strong skills training that encourages industry and public partnerships and the development of career pathways for all workers.
This Issue Brief explores on-the-job training (OJT) as a promising model that can address the skill needs of workers and businesses while allowing for rapid employment or reemployment. It offers recommendations for expanding OJT activities as part of any federal job creation legislation.
National Skills Coalition's skills strategy sketchs out initial steps that the Obama administration and the 111th Congress can take, across a range of federal policies, in pursuit of the vision of a new 21st-century skills guarantee.
This Issue Brief explores solutions that the Obama Administration and Congress can incorporate into a "jobs bill" to address skill shortage issues so that all unemployed Americans who don’t have the skills to re-enter this rapidly changing labor market can get the training they need to be part of the economic recovery.
Greener Pathways explores the kind and quality of jobs in the clean energy economy, the skills needed to fill these jobs, and how existing plants and their workers can move to the center of the clean energy economy.
Without greater investments in education and skills training, future growth in the supply of educated workers will likely fall short of the growth in labor market demand.
Redefining Public Education for the 21st Century: Toward a Federal Guarantee of Education and Training for America’s Workers
National Skills Coalition
2006
The idea that Americans should have opportunities to better themselves and provide a better life for their families has deep historical roots in the United States. In Democracy in America, a classic study of our national government and character, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that "the notion of advancement suggests itself to every mind in America" and "the desire to rise swells in every heart." Today advancement remains "the promise that lies at the heart of the American dream."
Skilling the American Workforce "On The Cheap": Ongoing Shortfalls in Federal Funding for Workforce Development
National Skills Coalition
2003
Demand for skilled workers in the economy is rapidly outpacing supply within local labor markets throughout the United States, yet federal investments in workforce development programs over the past two decades have failed to keep pace. This analysis examines funding trends in 19 federal programs across four federal departments.
Skills Training Works: Examining the Evidence
National Skills Coalition
2002
A common misperception among policy makers is that skills training and education programs are not effective. This paper documents their effectiveness-in increasing earnings, improving access to employer-paid benefits, and increasing steady work-and identifies how previous research findings have been misinterpreted.
