Most Recent Publications

Investing in Frontline Workers (December 2006)
Improving health care requires finding ways to efficiently and effectively upgrade the skills and advancement opportunities of the people who deliver much of ac... read more
Addressing America's Dropout Challenge: State Efforts to Boost Graduation Rates Require Federal Support (November 2006)
This report from the Center for American Progress and JFF shows that although high school graduation rates are far lower than previously understood, federal act... read more
Building New Labor Market Institutions: State Policies that Support Workforce Intermediaries (November 2006)
States and communities are turning to new labor market institutions known as workforce intermediaries in response to a dual challenge: the need to aid low-skill... read more
Moving Indiana Forward: High Standards and High Graduation Rates (November 2006)
JFF and Achieve conducted a strategic assessment for Indiana education policymakers on how the state can create a more coherent, intentional, and aligned u... read more
A Supporting Role: How Accreditors Can Help Promote the Success of Community College Students (October 2006)
  To what extent can the accreditation process drive significant improvement in student persistence and completion at institutions that undergo the peer re... read more
Money on the Table: State Initiatives to Improve Financial Aid Participation (October 2006)
  Increasing the numbers of students who participate in financial aid programs has become a critical issue for many state systems. Reasons for the low rate... read more
Meeting the Workforce Needs of the Milwaukee Construction Industry (September 2006)
This case study looks at the Center of Excellence, launched by a partnership of the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, a Milwaukee-area workforce intermed... read more
Return on Investment in Early College High Schools (July 2006)
JFF commissioned the development of a financial analysis model for calculating the ROI—return on investment—for early college high schools. The mode... read more
The Career Advancement Portfolio (July 2006)
JFF created the Career Advancement Portfolio as central to our commitment to developing, implementing, and advocating for models, strategies, and poli... read more
Smoothing the Path: Changing State Policies to Support Early College High School (July 2006)
Smoothing the Path describes successful state-level strategies and policy lessons learned in four states during the development of schools that integrate s... read more