“There is no evidence we know of that backs up their claims of a shortage,” Hal Salzman, a Rutgers University professor of public policy who researches workforce development, told VICE News. He added that multiple studies have illustrated how the industry’s claims are misleading. “They’re overwhelmed with applicants,” he said of tech companies. “They’ll claim they’re not as skilled — this, that, or the other thing — but it doesn’t look like there’s a shortage.”
Heldrich Report Examines Effect of New Jersey TAG Program
Researchers from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development analyzed the impact of financial aid on student success. A new report, Building a Comparison Group for Tuition Aid Grant Recipients Using the New Jersey Statewide Data System, examines the effect of the...