Unlocking Skills: Successful Initiatives for Integrating Foreign-Trained...
Nearly 2 million college-educated immigrants in the United States, more than half coming with academic and professional credentials, are unable to fully utilize their professional skills and instead...
View ArticleReducing Integration Barriers Facing Foreign-Trained Immigrants: Policy and...
Marking the release of a report on the barriers foreign-trained high-skilled immigrants face in the United States, this webinar examines programs and initiatives that assist with credential...
View ArticleImmigrants and the New Brain Gain: Ways to Leverage Rising Educational...
A recent MPI study reveals that 48 percent of recent immigrants to the United States were college graduates, a sharp increase over earlier periods. How can the United States better leverage this brain...
View ArticleThe Education and Work Profiles of the DACA Population
The future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is uncertain, amid skepticism from the Trump administration about its merits and the promise of legal challenge from ten state...
View ArticleQuality for Whom? Supporting Diverse Children and Workers in Early Childhood...
For children in U.S. homes where a language other than English is spoken, early childhood programs that are responsive to their needs can be key to later academic success. But as states refine their...
View ArticleAll Eyes Turn to Congress, Following Trump Decision to Terminate DACA Program
By winding down DACA over six months, President Trump may have addressed a short-term political dilemma. But this action ensures debate will rage on in search of a lasting solution, as many in Congress...
View ArticleNew Opportunities? ESSA and Its Implications for Dual Language Learners and...
Enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 introduced opportunities to use federal funds to strengthen the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce as a means of better...
View ArticleTapping the Talents of Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States:...
Economists project a shortage of 5 million U.S. workers with postsecondary education and training by 2020. Yet 2 million immigrant college graduates in the United States are either unemployed or work...
View ArticleA Profile of Houston’s Diverse Immigrant Population in a Rapidly Changing...
The Houston metro area, home to 1.6 million immigrants, is diverse and rapidly growing. This report sketches the area's immigrant population, examining top origin countries, key socioeconomic measures,...
View ArticleEnglish Plus Integration: Shifting the Instructional Paradigm for Immigrant...
To successfully integrate, immigrants and refugees need a variety of skills and knowledge—from English proficiency to understanding how school systems and local services work. Yet the adult education...
View ArticleSurviving vs. Thriving: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Adult Education for...
Taking stock of weaknesses in the WIOA-driven design of most adult basic education programming, MPI analysts draw on research from the integration, adult education, and postsecondary success fields in...
View ArticlePromoting Refugee Integration in Challenging Times: The Potential of...
At a time when the U.S. refugee resettlement system is facing unprecedented challenges, innovative and cost-effective tools for supporting refugee integration are in demand. This report explores how a...
View ArticleUpskilling the U.S. Labor Force: Mapping the Credentials of Immigrant-Origin...
This webinar discusses the first-ever profile of the 30 million immigrant-origin adults in the United States who lack a postsecondary credential such as a college degree, apprenticeship certificate, or...
View ArticleCredentials for the Future: Mapping the Potential for Immigrant-Origin Adults...
As the U.S. workforce ages and the economy becomes ever more knowledge-based, policymakers face a key question: Do workers have the skills to meet tomorrow's demands? This report examines how...
View ArticleUpskilling the U.S. Labor Force: Mapping the Credentials of Immigrant-Origin...
This webinar discusses the first-ever profile of the 30 million immigrant-origin adults in the United States who lack a postsecondary credential and offers analysis of the significant payoff...
View ArticleMore Than a DREAM (Act), Less Than a Promise
The first bill introduced in the 116th Congress to offer a path to legal status to DREAMers, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, could legalize nearly 2.7 million unauthorized immigrants...
View ArticleImmigrant-Origin Adults without Postsecondary Credentials: A 50-State Profile
With immigrants and their U.S.-born children poised to be the main source of labor-force growth, these adults are an important target for efforts to build the skills of the U.S. workforce to meet the...
View ArticleA Mirror for the Nation? The Changing Profile of Mexican Immigrants in Texas
At this event, experts from MPI and Southern Methodist University’s Texas-Mexico Center offer an overview of immigration trends and key characteristics of highly skilled Mexican immigrant adults at the...
View ArticleA Profile of Highly Skilled Mexican Immigrants in Texas and the United States
U.S. debates about immigration from Mexico often center on the low skilled, but this analysis shows a population in change. Nearly one in five Mexican immigrants arriving between 2013-17 had a college...
View ArticleA Mirror for the Nation? The Changing Profile of Mexican Immigrants in Texas
At this discussion, experts from MPI and Southern Methodist University’s Texas-Mexico Center offer an overview of trends and key characteristics of highly skilled Mexican adults at the national level...
View Article
