REPORTS
This section contains reports from various industry experts.
| Construction Industry Craft Training in the U.S. and Canada.NCCER and the Construction Users Roundtable provided funding for a Construction Industry Institue (CII) research study titled "Construction Industry Craft Training in the U.S. and Canada." Results of this study examining construction craft training found that investing 1% of a project's labor budget in training could have double-digit returns in productivity, reduced absenteeism, and the need for rework, among other things. This study may only be purchased from the CII Web site. |

| Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce June 2010 |
 | Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century
Harvard Graduate School of Education February 2011 |

| 2012 Talent Shortage Survey Research ResultsManpower Group
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| Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College DegreesGeorgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce |

| Texas Interagency Literacy Council ReportTexas Workforce Commission November 2012
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