The Institute is the research division of MTC and is dedicated to promoting innovations, exemplary practices, and projecting trends. The focus of our work addresses practical issues facing those who work with youth within Job Corps and offenders in correctional environments.
Founded on principles of rigorous investigation, the MTC Institute is shedding light on the best practices influencing the educational attainment and training of the dynamic workforce of the twenty-first century.
Latest Publications
Job Corps needs to be seen as part of the larger educational arena, aligned with the Early High School College initiative, Gates Foundation efforts and those of the Department of Education. This paper describes the need for more at-risk youth to be college bound and the steps that programs such as Job Corps need to incorporate to ensure that going to college is demystified and students are better prepared for the rigor and processes which will create challenges to their ongoing success in post-secondary education and life.
Many Americans are realizing that the economy is in crisis. This predicament is driven in part by an aging workforce, slow population growth and an education system that has not kept pace with the increased demands of tomorrow’s jobs. The students who are typically left behind, however, can play a key role in addressing the nation’s economic needs. Their needs, however, must also be met.
This report describes the latest research related to the benefits of contracting for prison operations. The information and data related to privatization in corrections, reasonably leads to a conclusion that contracted corrections will continue to increase because of costs, performance and accountability.
