Some recent reports and website highlighting work around the public
workforce system.
Closing the Gap; 2012 skills survey of North Carolina employers:
Summary and findings:
http://www.agreatworkforce.com/documents/2012SkillsSurveyWDBFinal.pdf
Philadelphia’s workforce development challenge: serving
employers, helping job seekers and fixing the system:
http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899368909
Urban Institute: Assess metropolitan areas economic development and
other activities with this interactive tool by the
http://www.metrotrends.org/about.cfm
A Government accounting office (GAO) assessment on Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs administered by
the federal government:
http://gao.gov/products/GAO-12-108
A report on online and hybrid course enrollment and performance in
Washington State Community and Technical Colleges (and Virginia
report too):
http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=872