Sentences with phrase «labor market success»

The results suggest that an increase in annual family income of only $ 3000 during early childhood may result in significant improvements on both SAT scores and adult labor market success measured by an earnings increase of almost 20 %.

Post-secondary education is increasingly necessary for labor market success.

The evidence suggests that teacher collective bargaining leads to worse student outcomes that are reflected in long - run labor market success.

In the recent Harvard Education Press title, What Excellent Community Colleges Do, author Joshua Wyner begins by identifying four domains — degree completion, equity, student learning, and labor market success — that define excellence in community colleges.

«Lack of experience due to their younger age, a historically poor economic environment, and sex discrimination are all barriers to labor market success for this demographic.

They argued that the increase in wages would be higher for men who meet the traditional masculine traits that are most valued in the workplace: authority and dominance over others, economic stability, educational and labor market success, and heterosexuality.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Commenting on Mr. Greenspan's remarks, David Hale of Kemper / Zurich International pointed out that as a result of Europe's more «rigid» (that is, unionized) labor markets, «If France or Germany had enjoyed America's success in reducing unemployment, their trade union movements would be pushing up wages aggressively and setting the stage for a monetary tightening to slow down the economy's growth rate.»

Kind of like telling employees that employers want the opposite of what they really want in order to decrease success rates in labor market matches.

As she sees it, the growing success of the feminist movement combined with emancipation from domestic labor via technology to create a crisis for American society just after World War II, when millions of returning servicemen were flooding the job market.

For a young scientist with a new doctorate, «eschewing a postdoc reflects a rational response to a tight labor market with low compensation and uncertain prospects for success,» the authors write.

There is a significant gap between success in school and employability skills because, notes Fadel, «current assessment systems do not reflect the demands of the labor market.»

Social And Emotional Skills: Everybody Loves Them, But Still Can't Define Them (NPR) Marty West discusses noncognitive traits and habits and how we are trying to explain and measure student success educationally and in labor markets with skills not measured by standardized tests.

As observation, intuition, empirical research, and a quick examination of the Department of Labor's occupational employment statistics [vi] will demonstrate, success in life depends on hard skills: the individual's capabilities in subject matter and tasks that are valued in society and are passed on through formal and informal instruction, e.g., being able to write computer code, or service heating and air conditioning equipment, or cook gourmet meals, or understand market derivatives.

While early foundations and the returns in the labor market from a quality education are important elements of success, we find that the school years consistently trump those factors.

Longer - term outcomes are especially desirable for such a line of inquiry, as there is greater agreement on the value of enrolling in college or finding success in the labor market than in performance on a particular test.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is operating through disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets and schools to undermine one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

Rather than providing students skills that have real currency in today's labor market and preparing them for gainful employment, accountability provisions in the federal No Child Left Behind Act and Race to the Top funding program have focused on increasing short - term gains that measure success or failure of schools.

Strong impulse control, executive function, and social skills can lead to greater labor market and higher education success, better physical wellbeing and personal finance, and lower substance abuse.

Second, various test score measures have been shown to be correlated with other measures of educational success (high school dropout, college completion, etc.) and labor market outcomes (employment probabilities, earnings, etc.).

Successful CTE programs, Kreamer writes, are «not focused on short - term labor market needs — although they may fill them — but rather on the lifetime success of their students.»

The first is that the students who self - select into CTE have some positive, unobservable characteristics that explain their success in the labor market.

Test scores are strong predictors of a student's success in college and the labor market, and ensuring transparency about how students in schools of choice are faring academically is essential.

While other studies have explored the link between the labor market and high school graduation rates, this new research is the first to look at how young people's perceptions of the job market affects the way they study and plan while still in high school — habits that are key for success throughout adulthood.

Wyner assesses free community college tuition as part of the next step in making a college degree a staple in the labor market as he explains, «With a college education becoming a baseline necessity for success in the job market, «tuition - free college» is the 21st - century equivalent of last century's push to create universal high school.»

«Basically we're trying to explain student success educationally or in the labor market with skills not directly measured by standardized tests,» says Martin West, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

The California Community Colleges Student Success Task Force, consisting of community college leaders, faculty, staff, researchers, and external stakeholders, sets forth 22 recommendations for the community college system aimed at raising completion rates, reducing achievement gaps, and meeting California's labor market demands.

But Harrington, a labor markets and policy specialist, says his research shows that high school performance is a huge determinant of college success.

Beyond posing an obstacle to college math success, academic under - preparedness in math can have consequences for students» probability of completing college; interest and success in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields; labor market opportunities; and lifetime earnings.

A number of self - pub successes have gone on to license various bundles of license rights to publishers in different countries to get wider distribution, marketing, etc. than they've had so far and to have the publisher take over chunks of labor and cost in those things because that has value to them in running their business.

False advertising and bold claims for post-graduation job success can entice students to sign up for programs that offer little value in the labor market.

As a complement to accountability systems focused on academic success, financial oversight, and labor - market outcomes, a robust risk - sharing proposal would help improve outcomes for students and reduce costs for taxpayers.

Similarly, the game was a labor of love with a moderate success as well as inclusion in one of the first Indie Summer Uprising, a marketing event that attempted to bring awareness to the indie games being created on the XBLIG platform.

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The latter is a potentially key ingredient of success in school and later in the labor market (9, 10) and is measured on tests of verbal ability.

A report by the organization, «Revitalizing America's Smaller Legacy Cities: Strategies for Post-Industrial Success From Gary to Lowell» (Gary, Ind., and Lowell, Mass., two former manufacturing cities) presents three key steps for revival: leveraging the city's distinct characteristics to improve quality of life; strengthening its downtown area; and supporting its labor market through pro-workforce policies and programs.

The U.S. has suffered in some ways from being increasingly exposed to brutal global competition, but in these industries, which are characterized by a high degree of value - added labor and capital input, the U.S. competes very well and, in fact, a larger global market has facilitated the growth and success of these sectors.