Most Recent Publications

Adult Learners in Higher Education: Barriers to Success and Strategies to Improve Results (March 2007)
This report synthesizes the research literature on the challenges facing adult learners in higher education today and on emerging strategies for increasing the ... read more
Funder Collaboratives: A Philanthropic Strategy for Supporting Workforce Intermediaries (March 2007)
Across the country, funder collaboratives pool funds for fostering the formation and expansion of workforce intermediaries and to advocate for policies that wil... read more
Hitting Home: Quality, Cost, and Access Challenges Confronting Higher Education Today (March 2007)
The United States faces a significant gap in the number of college degrees it produces compared with other developed nations, according to this report prepared... read more
Rigor Plus Support: How Science Teachers Use Literacy Techniques to Get Students Ready for College (March 2007)
  The leaders and faculty of early college high schools are constantly working to develop the right mix of academic supports that make an accelerated curri... read more
Working Toward Reinvention: SkillWorks at Three (March 2007)
Launched in 2003, SkillWorks is the largest effort in Boston’s history to substantially improve workforce development services for both low-skil... read more
Industry Trend Studies (January 2007)
These trend studies, prepared by the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) describe market dynamics as they relate to seven specific industries, ... read more
Opportunity for All: Addressing the Education and Workforce Challenges of Black and Latino Males (January 2007)
In January 2007, over 200 Boston-area leaders from schools, businesses, foundations, government, and community-based organizations gathered to explore solutions... read more
A Survey of Selected Work Readiness Certificates (January 2007)
The United Way of Rhode Island asked JFF to prepare a scan of work readiness certificates that have emerged throughout the United States in recent years. Like m... read more
The Impact of Globalization on American Jobs (December 2006)
To succeed in today’s world, U.S. firms need to focus on what they can do better than anybody else, while constantly identifying new opportunities to crea... read more
America in the Global Economy (December 2006)
In this report for the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, Ray Uhalde and Jeff Strohl ask what it would take for the United States to mainta... read more