The Impact of Institutional Collaborations on the Earnings of Adult Workforce Education Completers.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hawley, Joshua D.; Sommers, Dixie; Meléndez, Edwin
- Source
- Adult Education Quarterly; November 2005, Vol. 56 Issue 1, p21-38, 18p
- Subject
- Vocational education
Educational cooperation
Income
Education -- Economic aspects
Adult education
Associations, institutions, etc.
Nonprofit organizations
Business partnerships
Group work in education
Unemployment insurance
United States
Ohio
- Language
- ISSN
- 07417136
This article reports findings from a mixed-methods study of the impact of collaborations between adult education organizations and nonprofit or business partners on the earnings of program participants. The project uses survey data collected from a network of state-sponsored educational institutions and unemployment insurance data from program participants. Findings fi-on the study emphasize that collaboration between adult workforce institutions and business, government, or nonprofit partners increases the earnings of adult training participants. The effects differ for men and women. These results were estimated using regression analysis, which related changes in quarterly earnings to two aspects of institutional collaboration: the intensity of collaboration and employer involvement. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.