
Presents survey findings about Californians' views on the quality, affordability, and funding of and policy regarding higher education. Analyzes support for various options for maintaining funding, including tax increases, fee hikes, and a bond measure.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
Examines ways to better align community college curricula with employer needs, including analyzing online job ads to gather data on occupation and skill demands; examples of use of labor market information; and the potential and limitations of such data.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Examines factors behind New York City's low GED attainment rate, implications for the city's economy, and policy and program recommendations for improving the system, including scaling effective preparation models and requiring a practice test and fee.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:

Education and Literacy;Government Reform;Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Examines approaches to and the rationale and support structures for human rights training in primary, secondary, and higher education; the community and voluntary sector; the public sector; and the legal industry. Outlines a national plan.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: Europe (Northern) / Ireland

Highlights early outcomes of school reform efforts launched under a new state law with support from the Race to the Top program, including progress in turnaround schools, charter schools, and innovation schools. Outlines challenges and recommendations.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts

Education and Literacy, Energy and Environment, Government Reform
Updates, with 2011 data, policy issues, underlying factors, needs, projections, and outlook for the state's budget, climate change effects, economy, education, population, transportation, water management, and workforce.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

Education and Literacy, Energy and Environment
Presents survey findings about colleges' use of green revolving funds to finance capital-intensive energy efficiency upgrades that return cost savings that are, in turn, invested in further upgrades: GRF formation, operation, performance, and challenges.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Community and Economic Development;Education and Literacy;Women
Presents survey findings about views on the value of higher education, the necessity of a college degree to men and women, financing and affordability of college, and gender composition of college graduates by gender, race/ethnicity, and education.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States