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Evaluation of ARC’s Education and Workforce Development Projects Closed in 2015-2019

          This report presents findings from an evaluation of ARC’s education and workforce development projects that closed between 2015 and 2019, representing 383 grantees and more than $62,500,000 of ARC investment. By the end of the grant period, 337,405 individual beneficiaries had been served. At the time of the follow-up survey,...
    
    
    
    
          ReportThe Coal Industry and Funding Support for Education in Appalachia

          These two reports examine the relationship between coal activity and funding for elementary and secondary education in Appalachia. The first report is a descriptive analysis examining patterns in funding throughout the Region, and the second used econometric analysis to examine how changes in coal activity have impacted this funding.
    
    
    
    
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    An Overview of Coal and the Economy in Appalachia

          An Overview of Coal and the Economy in Appalachia, a report commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission, details major trends in coal employment and production in the Appalachian Region over the past two decades. The report examines where employment and production losses have been concentrated within the Region, and also...
    
    
    
    
          ReportFederal HBCU Competitiveness Strategy

          To successfully implement Executive Order 13779, The White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the White House Domestic Policy Council, the Initiative and federal agency partners convened to explore how the federal sector can best expand the overall impact of HBCUs on the...
    
    
    
    
          ReportAn Economic Analysis of the Appalachian Coal Industry Ecosystem

          This January 2018 series of five ARC-commissioned reports explores some of the current and potential impacts of Appalachia’s declining coal production on elements of the coal ecosystem.
    
    
    
    
          ReportCollege Completion Rates and Remedial Education Outcomes for Institutions in Appalachian States

          This report analyzes college completion metrics for the Appalachian Region, compares outcomes of students attending campuses in the Region with those of students attending campuses outside the Region, and discusses stumbling blocks to college completion.
    
    
    
    
          ReportProgram Evaluation of ARC’s Education and Workforce Development Projects: 2000-2008

          This report presents findings from an evaluation of education and workforce development projects funded by ARC between fiscal years 2000 and 2008, and recommendations for enhancing performance measurement procedures.
    
    
    
    
          ReportEnergy Workforce Trends and Training Needs in Appalachia

          This study uses national data to project future supply and demand for occupations associated with the energy industry in Appalachia, and the number of people enrolled in and graduating from programs in the Region’s institutions of higher education.
    
    
    
    
          ReportGreen Schools and Sustainability in Appalachia: Case Studies in Rural Practice

          This report highlights preliminary findings from the study "Energy Workforce Trends and Training Requirements", including case studies of college and university energy programs.
    
    
    
    
          ReportEvaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summer Institute for Math/Science/Technology

          This March 2006 report describes some of the key immediate and long-term outcomes achieved by the Appalachian Regional Commission–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summer Institute for Math/Science/Technology for student and teacher participants.
    
    
    
    
          ReportEducational Attainment in Appalachia

          This paper focuses on what Census 2000 data reveal about the persistence of regional differences in high school completion and tertiary education.
    
    
    
    
          ReportEvaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Vocational Education and Workforce Training Projects

          This study examined 92 projects, including workforce and displaced-worker training, vocational education, apprenticeships, and basic and adult literacy projects that were started and completed during the 1995–2000 period.
    
    
    
    
          ReportCollected Case Study Evaluations of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Educational Projects (Vol. 2)

          This volume reports the lessons learned from eight best-practice case study evaluations in which local stakeholders were asked to identify project-related lessons they had learned from the projects.
    
    
    
    
          ReportEvaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Educational Projects: Final Report (Vol. 1)

          This report evaluated the implementation and impact of 84 education projects funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission during the 1990s.
    
    
    
    
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