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Dear subscribers,

The following resources and information appear relevant to your work 
in workplace literacy and were found on The WebClipper Digest, 
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FINAL CENSUS 2000 DATA STATE BY STATE RELEASES - Commerce Secretary 
Evans announced release of final Census 2000 data, unadjusted by 
statistical methods. News releases now are available for: Arkansas, 
Indiana, Louisiana,  Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South 
Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin Tentatively scheduled for release the 
week of March 12 is data for: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, 
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio 
and Oklahoma
http://www.census.gov/clo/www/redistricting.html

THE NONPROFIT WORKPLACE -  The Nonprofit Quarterly's latest issue 
focuses on re-conceptualizing our human resource practices towards 
greater organizational effectiveness. It includes articles on power 
sharing, a survey that shows workers put autonomy and voice at the 
top of their wants list, and an interview with Jeremy Rifkin on why 
the nonprofit sector should ascend to prominence in the coming years
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/workplace/index.htm

AFL-CIO REPORTS ON INITIATIVES FOR WORKING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES - 
The "High Road Partnerships Report: Innovations in Building Good Jobs 
and Strong Communities," summarizes a series of union initiatives 
aimed at furthering the interests of working families and their 
communities. Four main categories covered include setting standards; 
workforce development; business services; and people served.
http://www.workingforamerica.org/documents/HighRoadReport/highroadreport.htm

WAGE GROWTH AMONG LOW-SKILLED WORKERS -  Gaining skills through 
experience is often not enough to lift low-skilled workers out of 
poverty, according to a Joint Center on Poverty Research paper.
http://www.jcpr.org/policybriefs/vol3_num3.html

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Barbara Van Horn
NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator
Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University
102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202
Phone:   814-865-5876	Fax:     814-863-6108
E-mail:  BLV1@PSU.EDU

"Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"



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