On June 11, Greg Cumpton met with the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s College Readiness and Enrollment Team (CREST) to update members of the latest progress with the 2012 high school senior surveys, plans for using the data, recent and planned research publications and presentations for the project. The presentation is a available for viewing or download at this link.
6/6/2012 – June 2012 Newsletter Released
The June 2012 e-newsletter for the Ray Marshall Center was released today. You can click on this link to view online or download the PDF version here. Newsletters are available every other month. If you would like to sign up to receive future newsletters via email, please enter your contact on this form: Newsletter Sign Up Page
6/4/2012 – New Report Available: Initial Evaluation Findings: Central Texas College Access and Persistence Programs
Center researchers have released a new report for the Austin College Access Network project. The report Initial Evaluation Findings: Central Texas College Access and Persistence Programs by Tara Smith and Greg Cumpton provides a process summary of the literature reviewed and the results of the service and demographic mapping conducted for this project. It draws on program documents and interviews with key leaders in ACAN member organizations to create profiles of three comprehensive college access and persistence programs in Central Texas, which are the focus of forthcoming outcome and impact analyses. The report’s conclusion highlights schools and target populations that are not being well-served by current college access and persistence efforts in the region. Recommendations for better targeting community resources and services at those identified gaps focus on best practices from the literature and lessons learned from ACAN member organizations.
5/31/2012 – Foundation Spotlights CareerAdvance and Two-Generation Strategies
The Women in the World Foundation website featured an article about CareerAdvance®, Ascend, and other two-generation strategies.
5/30/2012 – Rachel Douglas Joins Center Research Team
The Ray Marshall Center welcomed Rachel V. Douglas as a consultant working on the Tulsa workforce development project with principal investigator and Center director Dr. Chris King. Douglas is currently completing her Ph.D in Public Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Ray Marshall Center, Douglas worked with the Center for Health and Social Policy at the University of Texas at Austin, the Texas House of Representatives’ Human Service Committee, and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber . Douglas holds a master of public affairs from the LBJ School and a BS in economics from Louisiana State University.
5/29/2012 – Researchers Hold Focus Groups to Improve Two-Generation
As part of the ongoing evaluation of the Community Action Project of Tulsa County’s (CAPTC) CareerAdvance® program, Center researchers traveled to Tulsa May 21-23 to conduct focus groups with participants and interview program staff and training instructors. Researchers met with students in the Certified Nurse Assistant, Primary Care Technician, Medical Assisting, and Licensed Practical Nursing training programs to gather information about their experiences with CareerAdvance® and finding healthcare-related employment, as well as to get their input on opportunities for program improvement. Researchers will prepare a memo for CareerAdvance® staff summarizing findings and identifying areas for further research. (Photo caption: CareerAdvance® program poster at CAPTC; photo by The Aspen Institute)
5/25/2012 – DOE Report Calls for More Effective Career and Technical Training
In April, the U.S. Department of Education released Investing in America’s Future, A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education, a document that lays out the educational goals of the Administration to help strengthen the economy, with emphasis on greater investment in and improvement of our nation’s career and technical education (CTE) system.
The demands of the new knowledge-based, global economy require a workforce with postsecondary education and training. Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Labor, notes, “If America is to once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by the end of the decade, every American should have access to at least one year of higher education or postsecondary training at an affordable cost.” The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act or the Perkins Act which was passed in 2002 and reauthorized in 2006 is a key source of funding for developing America’s workforce. The Act provided federal funds to support vocational and technical education programs and service to young people and adults.
But, according to the report, the existing system is failing. Postsecondary enrollment and credential attainment in the United States are lagging behind other developed countries such as Japan, Canada, and others.
The Perkins Act is coming up for reauthorization in 2013. In order to strengthen America’s competitiveness, the administration is proposing improvements in four key areas of career and technical education:
1. Effective alignment between high-quality CTE programs and labor market need to equip student with 21st-century skilsl and prepare them for in-demand occupations in high-growth industry sectors;
2. Strong collaborations among secondary and postsecondary institutions, employers, and industry partners to improve the quality of CTE programs;
3. Meaningful accountability for improving academic outcomes and building technical and employability skills in CTE programs for all students, based upon common definitions and clear metrics for performance; and
4. Increased emphasis on innovation supported by system reform of state policies and practices to support CTE implementation of effective practices at the local level.
The complete document is posted on the Department of Education’s website at this link: Investing in America’s Future, A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education
5/22/2012 – Huffington Post: Anne Mosle Spotlights Achievements of Student Mothers and Two-Generation Programs
Anne Mosle, vice president of policy at the Aspen Institute and executive director of Ascend, the Institute’s family economic secuirty program, contributed an editorial to the Huffington Post on May 15 highlighting the work, achievements, and impact of student mothers. These are women who “juggle family, jobs, and school so that their children can have the best future possible.”
Mosle spotlights the support given to these parents through dual generation programs. Dual generation programs aim to increase family economic and educational success for low-income families by supporting investments in both early education for the children and credential attainment and job training for the parents.
In the editorial, Mosle highlights two programs for working parents: the Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children Program at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA and the Community Action Project of Tulsa County’s (CAPTC) CareerAdvance™. Both programs offer training and professional opportunities in the medical field. The Ray Marshall Center had developed the program design for the CareerAdvance™ program in 2008. The Center as well as other project partners at Northwester an Columbia University are continuing our work to provide ongoing data collection, project implementation, and outcomes analysis for program participancts.
Mosle’s full Huffington Post article is available at this link: (Graduation) Hats Off to Mothers
(Photo courtesy of Ascend. Meeting participants meet with
program stakeholders and CareerAdvance™ students.)
5/21/2012 – RMC Congratulates the 2012 Graduates of the LBJ School of Public Affairs
On May 19, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin held its 40th spring commencement ceremony for the 2012 graduating class. More than 1,000 students, faculty, family, and friends filled the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium at the LBJ Museum and Presidential Library to honor this year’s graduates. Former Governor of Colorado (1999-2007) and LBJ School alumnus (1975) Bill Owens delivered the commencement address.
Congratulations to the LBJ School’s Class of 2012!
5/17/2012 – Student Futures Research Presented at AERA Annual Meeting
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) held its 93rd Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Cananda on 13-17 April. According to the AERA website, the “AERA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of education experts in the world” and features the latest development in education research. In attendance were over 13,000 education researchers from over 60 countries. Ray Marshall Center researcher Greg Cumpton presented findings from the Student Futures Project for one of the meetings research panels. The presentation – Adjusted Predicted Marginal Effects on College Enrollment for Central Texas High School Graduates – is available for viewing and download on the Student Futures Project website.
The annual meeting contained more than 2,400 sessions, invited lectures, and other events. The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
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