Little is known about the overall experiences and feelings of diverse older populations during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Abigail Helsinger • Takashi Yamashita • Wonmai Punksungka • Phyllis A. Cummins • Samuel Van Vleet
Phyllis A. Cummins: Reports and Publications
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Individual learning accounts: A comparison of implemented and proposed initiatives
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) identified three models for funding adult... learning:
Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita • A. Katherine Harrington
Despite increasing demand in distance education, relatively little is known about the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as basic skill levels of adult distance education partici...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Jing Zhang • Takashi Yamashita • Na Sun
In this presentation, we share information on access to and participation in adult education and training (AET) and then share examples of alternative methods for funding AET...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Abigail Helsinger • Takashi Yamashita • Nytasia M. Hicks
As outlined in this presentation, limited literacy skills, lower educational attainment, and being an immigrant are potential barriers to motivation towards life-long learning among middle-aged adu...
Takashi Yamashita • Phyllis A. Cummins • Roberto J. Millar • Shalini Sahoo
Barriers and facilitators for mid- and later-life community college students: The role of faculty
This qualitative study of students in mid- and later-life (MLL; age 40 and older) sought to address the role faculty play in facilitating student success and how institutions support faculty, espec...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Kathryn McGrew • Peter Riley Bahr • Annabelle Arbogast
Jobs at risk of automation in the USA: Implications for community colleges.
Advancing technologies such as artificial intelligence and robots are steadily replacing jobs in the USA. Continuous skill-upgrading and re-skilling are critical for workers to remain employable th...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Thomas J. Smith • Takashi Yamashita
In order to promote the use of increasingly available large-scale assessment data in education and expand the scope of analytic capabilities among applied researchers, this study provides step-by-s...
Takashi Yamashita • Thomas J. Smith • Phyllis A. Cummins
This video provides an introduction and overview of the IES-funded project Literacy, Numeracy, and Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environment in the STEM-related Subbaccalaure...
Takashi Yamashita • Jenna Kramer • Phyllis A. Cummins • Abigail Helsinger • Rita Karam • Maia Punksungka
As outlined in this presentation, providing more support and opportunities for formal, non-formal, and informal learning can enhance continuing education and training participation of low-skilled o...
Meghan Young • Abigail Helsinger • Oksana Dikhtyar • Takashi Yamashita • Nytasia M. Hicks • Phyllis A. Cummins
This presentation explains qualitative research strategies that have been successful in identifying, recruiting, and interviewing key informants from multiple countries.
Abigail Helsinger • Phyllis A. Cummins • Nytasia M. Hicks
Presentation - Equity in Adult Education: The Ohio Story
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Abigail Helsinger • Phyllis A. Cummins
Presentations - Job Training for Adults without Credentials: Models that Work
This video highlights segments of a presentation on opportunities for education and training for adults as well as barriers adult learners face when pursuing those opportunities.
Wendi Copeland • Abigail Helsinger • Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita
Presentation - Job Automation in the U.S. How are we Preparing?
This video highlights segments of a presentation on job automation and the role of community colleges in the context of workforce education.
Todd Roswarski • Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita • Abigail Helsinger
Presentation - Closing the Equity Gap: The Ohio Story
These videos highlight segments from a presentation delivered at the 2020 National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) virtual conference.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Tiffany Hunter • Abigail Helsinger
Problem solving in technology rich environments and cancer screening in later life
Routine cancer screening is widely recognized as an effective preventive strategy to reduce cancer mortality - the second leading cause of death in the US.
Shalini Sahoo • Takashi Yamashita • Roberto J. Millar • Phyllis A. Cummins
Strategies employed by Ohio community colleges to improve labor market outcomes for older students
To remain competitive in the labor market, many middle-aged and older adults need to upgrade existing or learn new skills through occupational training and education.
Oksana Dikhtyar • Phyllis A. Cummins • Kathryn McGrew • Peter Riley Bahr
Community Colleges and Older Learners in Ohio Higher Education
This research brief provides age structure data for those enrolled at Ohio's community colleges and baccalaureate institutions.
Peter Riley Bahr • J. Scott Brown • Phyllis A. Cummins • Nader Mehri
This study examines the associations between the motivation to learn, basic skills, and organized adult education and training participation among the middle-aged and older adults in the USA.
Shalini Sahoo • Roberto J. Millar • Thomas J. Smith • Takashi Yamashita • Phyllis A. Cummins
An examination of PIAAC data for unemployed adults aged 45-74
This study used data from the 2014 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) National Supplement to examine U.S. adults ages 45-74 who are unemployed or not in the labo...
Takashi Yamashita • Phyllis A. Cummins • Annabelle Arbogast
Problem-solving skills in the context of technologically complex modern societies have become increasingly important to health management in later life.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Roberto J. Millar • Takashi Yamashita • Shalini Sahoo
Problem-solving skills of the U.S. workforce and preparedness for job automation
Automation and advanced technologies have increased the need for a better understanding of the skills necessary to have a globally competitive workforce.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita • Roberto J. Millar • Shalini Sahoo
Heterogeneity of older learners in higher education
This study uses data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to examine enrollment trends by part-time and full-time status for students enrolled in Ohio’s public post...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Peter Riley Bahr • J. Scott Brown • Nader Mehri
Partnerships between health care and social service organizations may contribute to lower health care use and spending.
Darren Liu • Takashi Yamashita • Anthony R. Bardo • Phyllis A. Cummins
A growing segment of the U.S. workforce—older workers—face challenges such as a greater chance of being unemployed for a longer period of time than younger workers and skill obsolescenc...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Roberto J. Millar • Takashi Yamashita • Annabelle Arbogast
An examination of PIAAC data for unemployed adults aged 45-74
This study used data from the 2014 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) National Supplement to examine relationships among educational attainment, participation in...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Annabelle Arbogast • Takashi Yamashita
From rock-n-roll to rock-n-chair: Are the boomers financially ready for retirement?
Just like generations before them, the baby boomers are not one group, but many.
Workforce Development in the United States: Facilitating Opportunities to Work at Older Ages
Shifts in the age structure of the U.S. labor force, combined with the increased labor force participation rates (LFPRs) among older adults, require policies and programs that encourage and support...
Global Population Aging and Labor Force Implications: Working Longer, Learning Longer
Countries around the world, both more and less developed, are experiencing shifts in age structure.
Challenges for the Workforce Development of Older Workers in Brazil
Alongside reforms to its social security system, it is argued that older workers in Brazil should be encouraged to remain longer in the labor force and postpone retirement while being productive.
A global examination of policies and practices for lifelong learning
Continuous learning over the life course is necessary to successfully compete in a knowledge-based global economy.
Skill upgrades over the lifecourse are increasingly important in a knowledged-based global economy.
Ryan Michael Walker • Phyllis A. Cummins • Suzanne R. Kunkel
The role of community colleges in career transitions for older workers
An aging workforce, combined with the negative effects of the recent economic downturn, has increased the importance of identifying strategies to encourage working at older ages.
Long-term care facilities have been impacted by the economic downturn and other changes in the long-term care system.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Jane Straker
Effective strategies for educating older workers at community colleges
An aging workforce combined with concerns about the long-term viability of social welfare programs has increased the importance of identifying strategies to encourage working at older ages.
The project sought to determine the role the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) might play in supporting the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program in their expanded role in the HOME Cho...
Sarah G. Boehle • Phyllis A. Cummins • Suzanne R. Kunkel
Enhancing the SCSEP Network: Collaborations, Innovations, and Promising Practices
Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought to identify innovative and promising practices in providing employment and training services to older workers.
Robert A. Applebaum • Phyllis A. Cummins • Suzanne R. Kunkel