The Department of Education,which provided $134 billion a year in Title IV funds to college students last year, is interested in tracking the effectiveness of distance learning. Too bad the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing.
Preparing for the Workforce: Apprenticeships vs. General Education
National Bureau of Economic Research
Vocational education may improve the odds of a student landing a job when he enters the workforce, but narrower skills make him less adaptable — and less employable — over the long run.
Feds Can’t Reliably Track State Awards to DBEs
Accountability Office
The feds want to increase participation of disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) in state highway contracts receiving federal funding. Trouble is, they don’t have the data to know if their goals are being met.
Low-Cost Strategies for Helping the Poor
Center for Enterprise Development
With continuing shortfalls, states can’t afford to bolster social safety net programs. But they can pursue low-cost strategies for helping the poor by creating incentives for them to learn, earn, save, invest and protect.