Overcoming WIOA’s Barriers to Immigrant and Refugee Adult Learners
A webinar examining aspects of the implementation at state and local levels of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that may limit immigrant integration, along with a discussion...
View ArticleDanger Ahead for Aspiring Citizens as New Federal Workforce Law Is Implemented
Ahead of National Citizenship Day, this commentary examines how regulations for the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) at state and local levels could...
View ArticleOvercoming WIOA’s Barriers to Immigrant and Refugee Adult Learners
This webinar examines the implementation at state and local levels of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and how it may limit immigrant integration, along with a discussion on...
View ArticleIt is Time for Federal Agencies to Do More to Improve the Provision of...
Whether driven by pragmatism, local laws, or federal civil-rights provisions, state and local governments and agencies across the United States increasingly have designed and implemented language...
View ArticleMapping the Patchwork of State ‘DREAM Acts’ and Postsecondary Education...
Since 2001, 17 states have enacted measures to allow qualified unauthorized immigrant youth to pay resident tuition rates at their postsecondary institutions. Other states, meanwhile, have moved in the...
View ArticleUsing Data to Improve Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)...
A webinar releasing Immigrants and WIOA fact sheets and providing analysis of characteristics of immigrant and native-born residents in the United States that are relevant to understanding needs for...
View ArticleImmigrants and WIOA Services: Comparison of Sociodemographic Characteristics...
As federal and state governments ramp up efforts to implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, these fact sheets compare key characteristics of the foreign born and the U.S. born that are...
View ArticleUsing Data to Improve Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)...
A webinar discussing fact sheets that compare the characteristics of immigrant and native-born residents that are relevant to understanding needs for adult education and workforce training services in...
View ArticleFederal WIOA Plan Requirements Ignore Opportunities to Support Equitable...
As states move to implement the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which provides the national framework for workforce training and adult education services, the Obama...
View ArticleFrequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United...
Get all the latest and historical facts and figures on immigrants and immigration in the United States in this handy resource. With immigration often surfacing in public and political debates, learn...
View ArticleDACA at Four: Estimating the Potentially Eligible Population and Assessing...
Marking the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the DACA program, this webinar presents findings on the most current estimates of potential DACA beneficiaries, trends in requests and...
View ArticleDACA at Four: Participation in the Deferred Action Program and Impacts on...
At the fourth anniversary of the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, this issue brief describes the populations eligible for DACA as of 2016; discusses recent...
View ArticleIncluding Immigrant and Refugee Families in Two-Generation Programs: Elements...
On this webinar, speakers discuss findings from a report that analyzes U.S. parent population data and draws from a field study of select two-generation programs that serve immigrant and refugee families.
View ArticleLanguage Diversity and English Proficiency in the United States
Although the number of U.S. residents who speak a language other than English has grown in recent decades, the share of those who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) has fallen: 40 percent in 2015,...
View ArticleServing Immigrant Families Through Two-Generation Programs: Identifying...
Two-generation programs that weave together early childhood learning with adult-focused programs hold great potential to break cycles of intergenerational poverty for low-income parents with young...
View ArticleIncluding Immigrant and Refugee Families in Two-Generation Programs: Elements...
MPI experts discuss their analysis of data on U.S. foreign- and native-born parents with young children, along with their findings from a field study of select two-generation programs that serve...
View ArticleDoctors as Taxi Drivers: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled...
A report release and presentation of first-ever U.S. estimates on the actual economic costs of skill underutilization for immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy, in terms of forgone earnings...
View ArticleUntapped Talent: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in...
Nearly 2 million immigrants with college degrees in the United States—one out of every four—are employed in low-skilled jobs or unable to find work. This report explores this skill underutilization,...
View ArticleThe Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in Select States
Across the United States, nearly 2 million immigrants with college degrees are unemployed or stuck in low-skilled jobs. This skill underutilization, also known as “brain waste,” varies significantly by...
View ArticleBrain Waste: Researchers Discuss Economic Costs of Skill Underutilization...
Nearly 2 million college-educated immigrants in the United States are stuck in low-skilled jobs or are unemployed—a phenomenon known as brain waste. In this brief video, MPI researchers discuss their...
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