Most Recent Publications

Power Tools: Designing State Community College Data and Performance Measurement Systems to Increase Student Success (October 2007)
  Across higher education, there is growing interest in strengthening state data and performance measurement systems that track and make visible student pr... read more
Accelerating Remedial Math Education: How Institutional Innovation and State Policy Interact (September 2007)
Success in developmental education has emerged as a top priority for institutions and states participating in Achieving the Dream, a national initiative on com... read more
Addressing the Invisibility, Invention, and Infrastructure Challenges: Testimony of Adria Steinberg (September 2007)
JFF vice president Adria Steinberg spoke to the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, at a hearing on the reauthorization of the Elem... read more
Advancing Health and Health Care Careers - Rung by Rung: Applying a Work-based Learning Model to Develop Missing Rungs on a Nursing Career Ladder (August 2007)
Workforce shortages in health and health care are reaching crisis levels, prompting many employers to adopt creative approaches for recruiting and retaining wor... read more
Achieving the Dream State Policy Framework Self-Assessment Tool (July 2007)
The states participating in Achieving the Dream have worked with Jobs for the Future and each other to develop the following framework specifying high-leverage ... read more
Under One Roof: New Governance Structures for Local Economic and Workforce Development (Spring 2007)
Across the country, there is a growing interest in aligning economic development and workforce organizations, which is motivated by numerous factors. These fact... read more
Strategies for Financing Workforce Intermediaries: Working Papers (July 2007)
JFF, along with several partners, has researched the question of how workforce intermediaries might use existing or new funding sources to finance their core fu... read more
Good Things from Small Packages: Finding Common Ground for Workforce Development in Rhode Island (June 2007)
The Rhode Island economy faces twin challenges: a worker gap among employers and a skills gap among workers. In combination, these are fueling a squeeze on work... read more
Squeeze Play: How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today (2007)
At a time when the vast majority of Americans believe that higher education is more important than ever to a successful future, a growing percentage of American... read more
High Standards and High Graduation Rates: Moving Forwards on a Dual Agenda in Massachusetts (April 2007)
To create an education pipeline capable of moving all students through to an advanced level of skills and credentials and connecting young adults to the well-pa... read more