Austin Partnership Supports Parenting Students to Build Opportunity Across Generations
Idowu, Fope (2022-01-05)
Family Pathways works with parenting students enrolled in high-demand degree programs at Austin Community College to promote economic mobility for lower-income families.
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Economy's Essential Early Care and Education Industry but Still Faces Labor Shortfall
Crockett, Anna; Zhang, Xiaohan (2022-05-16)
When the pandemic first struck and many child care centers closed, ECE worker unemployment spiked. Now that two years have passed since the onset of COVID-19 in the United States, to what extent has the industry recovered?
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How Can You Close the Digital Divide in Your Community? Start with a Needs Assessment
De Leon, Marycruz; Sanchez, Sylvia (2020-09-14)
The shape of the digital divide is different in each community. Affordability, infrastructure, lack of devices or skills, and low awareness of the internet’s benefits can all be factors.
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Dallas County Promise Puts Higher Education—and Higher Earning Potential—Within Students’ Reach
Hubbert Doyle, Molly (2020-03-05)
Vanessa was accepted to a Promise partner institution and soon found herself at a place she never thought her path would take her. Programs like Dallas County Promise are important in today’s economy as postsecondary education becomes increasingly necessary.
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Employment Numbers Suggest Young People Face Barriers in Recovery from Pandemic
Crockett, Anna; Saving, Jason L. (2021-12-09)
Unemployment rates spiked for young adults in the initial months of the COVID recession. Since that time, younger members of this cohort (ages 16-19) have substantially recovered, while older members (ages 20-24) continue to see unemployment rates well above pre-COVID levels.
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Journal Article
Manufacturing or Degree-Intensive Labor Markets: Where Do the Children of Non-College Graduates Earn More Degrees?
Whitaker, Stephan (2016-10-16)
Manufacturing employment has declined since the 1970s, while the number of jobs requiring a college degree has risen. The shift has reshaped the environment in which many young people grow up and pursue their educations, potentially affecting the level of education they attain. This analysis uses the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth to investigate the relationship between industrial composition and the educational attainment of children whose parents have only a high school education or less. The results show that the educational attainment of these youths is correlated with their ...
Economic Commentary , Volume 2016 , Issue 12 , Pages 6

Skipping School: Enrollment Numbers Down for Students Ages 16–24 During Pandemic
Crockett, Anna; Saving, Jason L. (2022-01-24)
Pandemic-related hardships likely contributed to a surge in the number of young people disconnected from school at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.
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‘They’re in Deep Hiding’: Pandemic Hinders Efforts to Reengage Texas’ Disconnected Youth
Crockett, Anna (2022-02-23)
Education and employment trends suggest that the number of 16–24-year-olds disconnected from both work and school—known as opportunity youth—has grown during the pandemic.
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Advance Together: Four Community Partnerships Receive Grants, Coaching to Further Economic Inclusion Programs
Hubbert Doyle, Molly (2021-02-22)
Each partnership will receive $300,000 in external funding to implement their plans to address education and workforce challenges in their community, as well as training and coaching to increase the impact of their programs.
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Dallas Faces a Gaping Digital Divide When It Comes to Economic Inclusion
Foster, Pamela; Gunter, Julie (2019-12-20)
In the city of Dallas, about 42 percent of households lack a fixed connection to the internet. What does this mean for our neighbors’ economic future? How can we close the digital divide?
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