Examines the views of students with disabilities and college staff.
Research Products by Research Area
Research Products
State of Workforce Diversity 2012: Forum Proceedings
Proceedings of the Heldrich Center’s annual forum on workforce diversity.
Growing Green: Attracting Clean Energy Businesses and Jobs to New Jersey
Explores the potential for growing high-wage Clean Energy jobs in New Jersey.
Persons with Disabilities Seeking Employment and Public Transportation: Findings of a New Jersey Survey
Discusses how transportation is a prominent factor in the job search process.
Understanding Green Jobs in New Jersey
Explains what green jobs are and provides resources for finding more information.
Employer Insights: Skill and Workforce Needs for Green Jobs in New Jersey
Examines green jobs and the skills and educational requirements that New Jersey employers require.
Greener Pathways: Paving Your Way to Career Success Starts with Understanding New Jersey’s Labor Market
Aims to educate young people and job seekers about the changing workplace and the emerging skill requirements of New Jersey’s knowledge-based labor market.
Preparing for a Greener Tomorrow: How Publicly Funded Education and Training Institutions in New Jersey Are Responding to Emerging Demand for a Greener Workforce
Report about preparing green workers in New Jersey.
In-state Employment Outcomes of Students Completing Green Degree Programs in New Jersey
Provides information on the New Jersey employment experiences of more than 1,000 individuals who completed 56 green, credit-bearing degree and certificate programs.
Lessons from the Field: A Learning Exchange Between the State Leaders Innovation Institute and the State Peer Leaders Network Presentation (webinar)
Webinar reporting lessons learned from the NTAR Leadership Center on disability employment.
Understanding Occupational and Skill Demand in New Jersey’s Health Care Industry
Addresses the changes in the health care industry in response to factors such as pressure to control costs.
Impact of Federal Policies on an Aging Workforce with Disabilities
Assesses the potential impact of current federal policy on work incentives for adults with disabilities in their sixties and late fifties, focusing on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Left Out. Forgotten? Recent High School Graduates and the Great Recession
Documents the severe problems that graduates from the high school classes of 2006 through 2011 have encountered.
State of the U.S. Workforce System: A Time for Incremental Realignment or Serious Reform
Aims to start a dialogue about the U.S. workforce system.
The Public Workforce System: Serving Older Job Seekers and the Disability Implications of an Aging Workforce
Identifies the challenges that older workers face in the labor market.
Net Impact’s Talent Report: What Workers Want in 2012
Examines college students’ life goals and the sectors of the economy they would like to work in.
Community College Efforts to Prepare Special Populations for the Workforce: Older Workers, Dislocated Workers and Students with Disabilities
Presentation by Maria Heidkamp and Paula Barber.
Chasing the American Dream: Recent College Graduates and the Great Recession
Survey of graduates from four-year colleges and universities from the classes of 2006 through 2011.
Older Workers, Rising Skill Requirements and the Need for a Re-envisioning of the Public Workforce System
A review of demographic trends regarding the aging workforce.
Asset-Based Coaching Webinar
This presentation by Michele Martin offers insight on asset-based coaching.




















