Discussion Paper
Can Community Colleges Step Up as Engines of Economic Recovery?
Jacoby, Tamar (2020-11-13)
In midsummer 2010, the New York Times sent a reporter to the Rust Belt to talk to manufacturing employers.1 Had the picture brightened in their sector? Were they adding jobs? How many of the 2 million manufacturing workers laid off since the crash in 2007 were being rehired?The answer was unexpected and bittersweet. Manufacturing was slowly coming back, and plants were starting to rehire. But even with a vast pool of unemployed workers to draw on, employers were having trouble filling jobs. "The people that are out of work don’t match the jobs that are open and growing," one Midwesterner ...
Workforce Currents , Paper 2020-13

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All Eyes on Texas: Community colleges focus on preparing the workforce of tomorrow
Jacoby, Tamar (2023-01)
This report examines how Texas community colleges can fulfill their unique mission through measures including additional funding, greater outreach with business and recognition that many students seek specific skills training.
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