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Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Workforce Estimating Conference Streamlined; University Funding Is Not Directly Tied to Workforce Demand

Report 08-50, September 2008

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Consistent with the findings in our 2006 report, the Legislature and the Agency for Workforce Innovation have taken steps to improve the efficiency and usefulness of the Workforce Consensus Estimating Conference. The Legislature has streamlined the composition of the Workforce Consensus Estimating Conference, which should reduce duplicative agency representation, conflicts of interest, and scheduling conflicts. In addition, the Agency for Workforce Innovation is now providing demand occupations lists for occupations requiring university level degrees to the conference each February. However, a system for linking these demand occupation estimates to the annual appropriations for state universities has not yet been established, primarily due to the difficulty in accurately forecasting long-term workforce needs and the indirect linkage between baccalaureate degrees and employment in specific occupations.

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