Developed in partnership with the University of Alabama Education Policy Center, the Alabama Office of Apprenticeships developed the Apprenticeship Dashboard. Being one of the first in the country to provide a diverse set of stakeholders with a one-stop-shop to explore current registered apprenticeships at the state level. The tool also gives users the opportunity to learn about all of the apprenticeable and in-demand occupations for which a program can be built.
“It is a privilege for this Center and The University of Alabama to be of service to business and state leaders working to achieve Governor Kay Ivey’s important goal of 500,000 more Alabamians with recognized credentials and certificates by 2025,” said Dr. Steve Katsinas, EPC Director. “Helping more Alabamians into better jobs is good for our state and nation, and that is exactly what the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship is doing.” |
"We are proud of the work that the University of Alabama Education Policy Center (EPC) has done to create an innovative tool that will help all Alabamians access apprenticeship opportunities," |
The Education Policy Center’s extensive work on college finance that dates to 2005, and includes a 2012 study for the Alabama Community College System that proposed a new funding formula. At this time, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley had publicly called for a performance funding for the ACCS. This led to our interest in performance funding.
Our September 2013 study, Performance-Based Funding: The National Landscape, was one of the first national studies of performance-based funding (PBF). We found PBF was a policy response to the call for greater transparency and accountability in public higher education, with 39 states currently active in PBF, and the community college sector leading the regional university and flagship university sectors. Yet we found that “despite recent attention, there is not compelling evidence of the link between PBF and improved student outcomes at this time.” The publication of this study led EPC Director Katsinas to be invited to a major conference sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2014.
Below is the Interactive Apprenticeship Map, as seen on the aforementioned Apprenticeship Dashboard.
Our September 2013 study, Performance-Based Funding: The National Landscape, was one of the first national studies of performance-based funding (PBF). We found PBF was a policy response to the call for greater transparency and accountability in public higher education, with 39 states currently active in PBF, and the community college sector leading the regional university and flagship university sectors. Yet we found that “despite recent attention, there is not compelling evidence of the link between PBF and improved student outcomes at this time.” The publication of this study led EPC Director Katsinas to be invited to a major conference sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2014.
Below is the Interactive Apprenticeship Map, as seen on the aforementioned Apprenticeship Dashboard.
Reports
Performance-Based Funding |
Workforce Training in a Recovering Economy |