Current Challenges and Opportunities in Preparing Rural High School Students for Success in College and Careers

Community and Economic Development;Education and Literacy

Current Challenges and Opportunities in Preparing Rural High School Students for Success in College and Careers

Outlines challenges for rural high schools such as funding inequities and advantages such as parental support. Recommends best practices and policies for improving standards, accountability, student options, teachers, community support, and resources.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Allied Health Regional Workforce Analysis: Bay Area Region

Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor;Race and Ethnicity

Allied Health Regional Workforce Analysis: Bay Area Region

Analyzes the racial/ethnic composition of workers in twenty-two health occupations and graduates of healthcare education programs in the Bay Area. Examines disparities by race/ethnicity in the types of occupations held, educational attainment, and wages.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Western) / California / Alameda County / Oakland;North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco

Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, The

Education and Literacy, Health

Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, The

Details recommendations to ensure that nurses can practice to the full extent of their training, improve nursing education, offer leadership opportunities in healthcare redesign and improvement efforts, and boost data collection. Includes case studies.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States

In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students and the DREAM Act

Education and Literacy;Government Reform;Immigration

In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students and the DREAM Act

Outlines federal legislation to allow illegal immigrants who arrived as children at least five years earlier to apply for conditional legal status and qualify for in-state college tuition and federal financial aid. Explores opposition to Utah's 2002 law.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States;North America / United States (Western) / Utah

California 2025: Planning for a Better Future

Education and Literacy, Energy and Environment, Government Reform

California 2025: Planning for a Better Future

Provides overviews of issues, underlying factors, projections, and policy 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

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