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Assesses the impact of America’s public community colleges on the national economy and the return on investment for the colleges’ key stakeholder groups.

Introduces basic concepts for return on investment (ROI) in workforce development programs and distinguishes the ROIs estimated for workforce programs from those estimated for financial investments or capital projects.

Evaluates the returns on the investment in Accelerated Study in Associate Programs by comparing the value of monetary benefits to taxpayers and students relative to the monetary costs that each constituency pays.

Explore the findings from a cost-benefit analysis of Travis County’s investment in long-term workforce development through Capital IDEA

Provides state-level estimates of the return on investment (ROI) for comprehensive workforce services delivered through local workforce boards in Texas.

Explores work-sharing provisions included in the Middle Class Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that help states reduce their unemployment rates and also save unemployment insurance costs.

Examines the benefits and costs generated by Worksystems, Inc.’s adult, dislocated worker, and youth programs and measures the economic benefits generated by its operations in its local service region.

Introduces the plan for cost benefit analyses of six of the nine Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education programs; the goal of these analyses is to compare program costs to participants’ gains in employment and self-sufficiency and to help...

Presents findings from a cost-benefit analysis that uses quasi-experimental methods to estimate the social and student-level returns of a career technical education initiative conducted at 32 community and technical colleges in Illinois, Kansas,...

Discusses the costs and social return on investment of social enterprises - defined as financially viable businesses that put social objectives at the forefront of operations - that provide transitional jobs to individuals with barriers to...