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Leveraging Digital Skills: Immigrant-Origin High School Graduates Offer a Pool of Talent for U.S. Employers
With immigrants and their U.S.-born children expected to drive all net growth in the future labor force, there is a significant opportunity to leverage the digital skills of immigrant-origin adults to meet growing employer demand for technologically adept workers. This commentary draws on analysis of PIAAC data to study the skills of U.S. adults by immigrant generation.
What Does It Take to Increase Refugees’ Access to Education and Work? Insights from Ethiopia
Ethiopia made sweeping promises to integrate 900,000 refugees into schools and workplaces; what changed on the ground?
Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services
Immigrant and refugee children face major barriers to mental health services, with screening gaps, insurance disparities, and a shortage of culturally responsive care.
How Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children Fit into the Future U.S. Labor Market
Immigrants and their U.S.-born children have driven all U.S. labor force growth since 2000 but face the need to upskill as nearly three-quarters of jobs in 2031 will require postsecondary credentials.
Mobility Shutdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Asia and the Pacific
COVID-19 caused a prolonged mobility shutdown across Asia and the Pacific, devastating labor markets, tourism, and education. Migrants bore disproportionate burdens.
South Asia’s Tibetan Refugee Community Is Shrinking, Imperiling Its Long-Term Future
Westward emigration and a very low birth rate have cut South Asia's Tibetan refugee population by nearly one-third since the 1990s, threatening the exile community's institutions and future.
Refining State Accountability Systems for English Learner Success
State accountability systems misread English Learner academic progress by omitting language proficiency. This study proposes fixes and program quality indicators.
A Passport to Opportunity: The Importance of Refugee Access to Travel Documents
Refugees are among the most mobile people on earth by necessity, yet the international system makes it nearly impossible for them to travel legally.
Leveraging Data to Ensure Equitable and Effective Adult Skills Programming for Immigrants
U.S. workforce development and adult education systems too often are not meeting the needs of the nearly 11 million immigrant adults without a high school diploma and millions more with limited English.
Recent Immigrant Children: A Profile of New Arrivals to U.S. Schools
In 2021, about 990,000 public school students had less than three years of U.S. residence. Many arrived with limited education, little to no English proficiency, and trauma.
