| Principal Investigator: | Heath J. Prince, PhD |
| Sponsor(s): | The Hitachi Foundation |
| Project Duration: | August 2014 – August 2016 |
| Description: | The Ray Marshall Center, with support and guidance from the Hitachi Foundation, will act on the following activities.
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| Reports Available: | Behavioral Economics and Workforce Development: A Review of the Literature from Labor Economics and the Broader Field Authors: Cynthia J. Juniper and Heath Prince Date: February 2016 Publication Type: Report, 16pp |
Evaluation of Current and Future Workforce Needs in Identity Management, Security, and Privacy
| Principal Investigator: | Kelly S. Mikelson, PhD |
| Sponsor(s): | Center for Identity, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Project Duration: | October 2014 – March 2015 |
| Description: | This 6-month project is funded by and conducted for the Center for Identity at the University of Texas at Austin. The Ray Marshall Center (RMC), which is part of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, is conducting the evaluation led by Kelly Mikelson, Ph.D., Principal Investigator and Research Scientist, and Christopher T. King, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at RMC. Overall Objectives:
RMC researchers will be conducting in-depth in-person and telephone interviews with the Center for Identity’s key partners, employer representatives, and government agencies in Austin, Washington, DC, and four other cities nationwide. Researchers will be gathering information about education and training needs for identity management, security, and privacy. The information will be used to hone and further develop the Center’s MSIMS degree program and will culminate in a Final Report and recommendations in mid-April 2015. |
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Christopher King Writes Blog Post for The Huffington Post’s Connecting People to Work Series
Dr. King is now a blog contributor to The Huffington Post. His first blog, published on September 25, 2014, relates to the Workforce Investment Opportunities Act (WIOA) programs that are focused on specific employment sectors and career pathways alongside “bridge” programs providing training and support services designed to help lower-skilled workers find jobs. These efforts that are often referred to as sector strategies and are helping to reshape the workforce today. You can view this blog here. You can also purchase the book Connecting People to Work: Workforce Intermediaries and Sector Strategies published by the Aspen Institute from Amazon.
Evaluation of the TAACCCT Grant to Tulsa Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace, and/or Transportation & Logistics Pathways Project
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, Ph.D. |
| Sponsors: | Corporation for a Skilled Workforce |
| Project Duration: | September 2013 to September 2016 |
| Description: | Ray Marshall Center researchers, led by Dr. Christopher King and Tara Smith, are conducting an evaluation of the TAACCCT (Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training) Advanced Manufacturing Grant to Tulsa Community College (TCC) funded by the U.S. Department of Labor in partnership with researchers at Ann Arbor-based Corporation for a Skilled Workforce. TCC is strategically aligning workforce, education, and training activities to develop sustainable career pathways in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and other industries with national and/or industry-recognized credentials, as well as offering an array of support services. The evaluation will run through September 2016. |
| Reports Available: |
Gulf Coast IT Pathways Consortium Evaluation
| Principal Investigator: | Heath J. Prince, PhD |
| Sponsors: | The Aspen Institute, US Department of Labor |
| Project Duration: | May 2013 to September 2016 |
| Description: | The Aspen Institute in collaboration with the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin is carrying out a high-quality, non-experimental (comparison cohort) impact analysis and implementation study to provide evidence on the effectiveness of the Gulf Coast IT Pathways Consortium with funding provided by the US Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Program. The Consortium, which consists of nine community colleges in Mississippi and Louisiana, is tasked with addressing the challenges facing trade-impacted workers and meeting the high demand for IT workers in their regions. |
| Reports Available: | Retraining the Gulf Coast through Information Technology Pathways: Final Impact Evaluation Report Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik and Heath Prince Date: September 2016 Publication Type: Report, 68pp Retraining the Gulf Coast through Information Technology Pathways: Impact Evaluation Interim Report |
Adult Basic Education Innovation Grant (ABE-IG)
| Principal Investigator: | Heath J. Prince, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Austin Community College |
| Project Duration: | February 2013 – August 2013 |
| Description: | The Ray Marshall Center is evaluating Austin Community College’s (ACC) Adult Basic Education Innovation Grant (ABE-IG). ABE-IG aims to prepare unemployed and underemployed adults for career-path employment and post-secondary education in high-demand or targeted occupations. ABE-IG prioritizes its services for lower-skilled, Adult Basic Education students who may or may not have a GED or high school diploma, serving them through integrated entry-level job skills training and Level 1 certificate training. ABE-IG focuses on four distinct career tracks: HVAC, Accounting/Bookkeeping, Nursing, and PC Tech. The ABE-IG model is modeled on Washington State’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program, incorporating both a content instructor and a basic skills instructor in the classroom. RMC researchers will share lessons learned with ACC administrators and ABE-IG staff on an ongoing basis, serving a vital continuous program improvement role as well as a strictly evaluative one. |
| Reports Available: |
Training for Regional Energy in North Dakota (TREND)
| Principal Investigator: | Heath J. Prince, PhD |
| Sponsor: | United States Department of Labor and Corporation for a Skilled Workforce |
| Project Duration: | February 2013 – November 2016 |
| Description: | Training for Regional Energy in North Dakota (TREND) is a consortium of five community colleges that are collaborating to address labor shortages in the state’s energy sector. Leaders from these institutions are equipping workers with post-secondary certificates and credentials in order to meet employers’ needs for a skilled workforce, as well as to help ensure that workers can access and succeed in this rapidly expanding sector. To this end, TREND will pursue the following strategies:1. Develop new and enhanced curricula and credentials to help students find jobs in oil and gas, transportation and building and construction trades in North Dakota;2. Redesign the program development and delivery systems provided by the colleges to support more flexible and technology-enabled learning; and
3. Offer enhanced student support services and career navigation to increase retention and placement. The Ray Marshall Center (RMC) has joined with the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) as an external program evaluator for this project. In order to determine how TREND is implemented, as well as its outcomes, CSW and RMC have proposed an integrated evaluation approach that includes both an implementation and an impact evaluation. This grant is funded by the Department of Labor and will run through 2016. |
| Reports Available: |
Resident Opportunities for Self Sufficiency Evaluation
| Principal Investigator: | Dan O’Shea, MA Co-principal Investigator Heath J. Prince, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Housing Authority of the City of Austin |
| Project Duration: | January 2013 – December 2013 |
| Description: | The Ray Marshall Center has been awarded a contract to conduct a detailed process analysis of the Resident Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program administered by the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA). The ROSS Program supports Priority One programs that connect public housing residents with workforce development and supportive services available through community-based partnerships. The evaluation will include a detailed examination of client flow, services, partnerships, and outcomes, as well as forms and procedures for client intake, initial assessment, case management, and program performance measurement. The ROSS Services Delivery Assessment Report will be completed June, 2013. Heath Prince and Dan O’Shea are serving as co-principal investigators for the project. |
| Reports Available: | Assessing the Resident Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency Program of the Housing Authority of the City of Austin Authors: Dan O’Shea and Heath Prince Date: August 2013 Publication Type: Report, 38pp. |
Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce-Expanding the Border for Lower Skilled Adults (GROW)
| Principal Investigator: | Heath J. Prince, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Jobs for the Future, US Department of Labor |
| Project Duration: | September 2012 – October 2016 |
| Description: | Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce: Expanding the Border for Lower Skilled Adults (GROW) is a bold and ambitious “Type B” project to transform the workforce development system in a five-WIB region along the Texas-Mexico border. The Border Workforce Alliance (BWA) – a consortium comprised of the Cameron, Lower Rio, Middle Rio, South Texas, and Upper Rio Workforce Investment Boards – are partnering with regional employers, one-stop operators, community colleges, training providers, and community-based organizations, and with national workforce intermediary Jobs for the Future, to align and strengthen workforce system components to accelerate credential attainment and career entry by lower-skilled adults and meet the skilled workforce needs of key industry sector employers. |
| Reports Available: | Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce (Project GROW): Final Evaluation Report Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik, Dan O’Shea, and Heath Prince Date: October 2016 Publication Type: Final Evaluation Report, 77pp. Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce: Project G.R.O.W. Goes to Seed in the Texas-Mexico Border Areas Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce: Project G.R.O.W. Taking Root in the Texas-Mexico Border Areas |
Labor Market Research for the Workforce Potential Project
| Principal Investigators: | Christopher T. King, PhD and Robert W. Glover, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Austin Area Research Organization |
| Project Duration: | January 2012 – June 2012 |
| Description: | The Workforce Potential Project, an initiative of the Social Equity Committee of the Austin Area Research Organization (AARO), aims to better align the local human capital supply and projected industry demand in support of economic growth in Central Texas. WPP targets area residents 25 years and older with some postsecondary achievement to obtain an associate’s degree or certification that will enable them to qualify for high-demand, high-wage jobs offering opportunities for stable employment and career advancement.
AARO engaged the Ray Marshall Center to conduct in-depth labor market research, including identification and analysis of industry sectors and occupations meeting WPP criteria; to prepare of a range of return-on-investment estimates; and to synthesize findings and recommendations for improving and connecting skills, education, and training capacity with projected job opportunities for the target population. The initial report, Workforce Potential Project: Analysis of Labor Market and Provider Capacity, presents the results of this collaborative research effort and provides a basis for advancing WPP toward implementation. |
| Reports Available: | The Workforce Potential Project: Analysis of Area Labor Market and Provider Capacity Authors: Robert W. Glover, Dan O’Shea, Christopher T. King, Laura Stelling, and Richard Fonté Date: September 2012 Publication Type: Report, 60pp. |
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