• Overview

    In 2007, Community Research Partners launched the Ohio Workforce Coalition. The Coalition brings together leaders from education and training institutions, economic and workforce development organizations, business and industry, labor, and human service providers. The Coalition promotes public policies that build the skills of adult workers, meet employer skill needs, and strengthen the workforce system to ensure opportunity and prosperity for Ohio families.
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CRP Staff and OWC Leadership Committee Members Meet with Key State Agency Officials

Last week, CRP staff and several Ohio Workforce Coalition Leadership Committee members met with key state officials to discuss the Coalition platform and get updates on state workforce initiatives. We met with Chancellor Jim Petro and staff from the Ohio Board of Regents Economic Advancement Division; Bruce Madson and John Weber from Ohio Department of [...]

State Budget Overview

****Budget Update**** The Ohio House is moving quickly to complete work on the 2012-2013 biennial budget and forward it to the Senate. They are expected to vote it out of the chamber during the first week of May, with the budget submitted by the Governor largely intact. On April 13, Gongwer (Volume #80, Report #71, [...]

Thank You to the OWC Stakeholder Survey Respondents!

A big THANK YOU to the 150 individuals who participated in the OWC Stakeholder Survey. The respondents represent very diverse sectors, including research and advocacy groups, local and state government, educational institutions, labor organizations, community service providers and many more. There was a lot of great feedback and while we are still analyzing the data, [...]

NPR features series of labor market stories

Read or listen to each storie online at http://www.npr.org/series/131331670/the-skills-gap-holding-back-the-labor-market?ps=rs.

Interactive Tool: Trends in College Pricing

The published price of college continued to climb in 2010-11, according to “Trends in College Pricing 2010,” the newest installment in a series of annual reports issued by the College Board. To explore tuition trends at a particular college or university, start by choosing an institution type and a state, and then select an institution. [...]

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