Introduction

Introduction

In an effort to improve the alignment between workforce needs and higher education in Texas, the Texas Legislature approved House Bill 1296 on May 20, 2013, requiring a report on Texas’s future workforce needs to inform decisions to develop or expand postsecondary education programs to meet these ne...

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Hauptverfasser: Charles A. Goldman, Lindsay Butterfield, Diana Lavery, Trey Miller, Lindsay Daugherty, Trinidad Beleche, Bing Han
Format: Buchkapitel
Sprache:eng
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Business
Business administration
Business management
Economic disciplines
Economics
Education
Formal education
Higher education
Labor
Labor economics
Pedagogy
Project management
Project planning
Workforce
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Zusammenfassung:In an effort to improve the alignment between workforce needs and higher education in Texas, the Texas Legislature approved House Bill 1296 on May 20, 2013, requiring a report on Texas’s future workforce needs to inform decisions to develop or expand postsecondary education programs to meet these needs. In support of this requirement, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) asked the RAND Corporation to conduct this study to: describe current practices in using workforce information for degree program planning in Texas and elsewhere; analyze options for using workforce information and recommend promising practices; develop data tools where feasible; and