Issue Area: Jobs & Economy
HIRING AND HIGHER ED
In new research, U.S.business leaders say higher ed's resistance to change is widening skills gap, putting economic future at risk
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2012
A new report from Public Agenda suggests that business leaders fear that skyrocketing tuition and a growing skills gap could have serious consequences for the nation's economic future.
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy
THE INVISIBLE DREAM
Creating a New Conversation About the American Dream
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2012
What is the American Dream? What do we need to help more Americans achieve it? Does the way we talk and think about the Dream hinder our ability to achieve it?
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Health Care, Children & Families
SLIDESHOW: THE BUCK STOPS WHERE?
What D.C. Influencers and the Public Say about the National Debt
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
The November 2010 update of Public Agenda's public opinion surveys on this issue, is Part II in our series of reports designed to examine attitudes among Beltway "movers and shakers" on the nation's fiscal problems.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
SLIP SLIDING AWAY SURVEY RESULTS
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
Despite signs of recovery from the "Great Recession," significant numbers of Americans find themselves living lives of economic struggle, and worry about whether they'll keep a middle-class life in the long term.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
THE BUCK STOPS WHERE? (TOPLINE)
Topline Survey Results
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
The November 2010 update of Public Agenda's public opinion surveys on this issue, is Part II in our series of reports designed to examine attitudes among Beltway "movers and shakers" on the nation's fiscal problems.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
A MATTER OF TRUST
Ten Key Insights from Recent Public Opinion Research on Attitudes About Education Among Hispanic Parents, Students and Young Adults
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
Public Agenda report, prepared for IBM's summit on "America's Competitiveness: Hispanic Participation in Technology Careers"
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy, Race, Science & Society
OUT BEFORE THE GAME BEGINS
Hispanic Leaders Talk about What’s Needed to Bring More Hispanic Youngsters Into Science, Technology and Math Professions
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
This Public Agenda report is based on in-depth interviews with 19 key leaders from vastly different fields and backgrounds.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy, Race
COMPASSION, CONCERN AND CONFLICTED FEELINGS
New Yorkers on Homelessness and Housing
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
Affordable housing is named as the chief concern facing New York City, and more than one-third say they feel personally vulnerable to becoming homeless.
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Issue Area(s): Workforce, Jobs & Economy
IMPORTANT, BUT NOT FOR ME
Parents and Students in Kansas and Missouri Talk About Math, Science & Technology Education
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
Explores the growing consensus that unless schools do more to train young Americans with strong skills in math, science and technology, U.S. leadership in the world economy is at risk.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Jobs & Economy, Science & Society
AMERICANS DELIBERATE OUR NATION'S FINANCES AND FUTURE
It's Not About Taxes - It's About Trust
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2006
Two public opinion research studies conclude that the public has little difficulty understanding the magnitude of the fiscal challenge facing the nation.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
IT'S TIME TO PAY OUR BILLS
America's Perspective on the National Debt & How Leaders Can Use the Public's Ideas to Addres the Country's Long-Term Budget Challenges
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2006
This report analyzes public thinking about the U.S. government's fiscal future and providing political leaders with six specific, publicly supported steps so that real federal budget reform could take place.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
A FEW BAD APPLES?
An Exploratory Look at What Typical Americans Think About Business Ethics Today
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2004
In focus groups conducted in collaboration with The Kettering Foundation, Public Agenda found that citizens define business ethics more broadly than executives do.
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Issue Area(s): Workforce, Jobs & Economy
MILES TO GO
A Status Report on American's Plans for Retirement
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1997
A follow-up to the 1994 study Promises to Keep, this new study explores how Americans view retirement.
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Issue Area(s): Workforce, Jobs & Economy
VALUES WE LIVE BY
What Americans Want from Welfare Reform
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1996
This study examines public attitudes toward welfare reform: why the public is so frustrated with the system; what kind of change it is seeking.
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Issue Area(s): Workforce, Jobs & Economy
PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD WELFARE AND WELFARE REFORM
A Focus Group Report for the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1995
Based on a series of focus groups in six cities, this study examines what citizens don't like about welfare and where they believe the system has gone wrong.
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Issue Area(s): Workforce, Jobs & Economy
LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
Young People Talk About Their Hopes and Prospects
Media Type: PDF
This survey of young adults examines the decisions they make about work or college.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Higher Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy