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Dr. Qi Sun Associate Professor & Program Coordinator Adult Learning Ph.D. Program Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences 126 Volunteer Boulevard, 519 Bailey Education Complex Knoxville, TN 37996-3452 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 865-974-5403 Call for Papers- 2023 Special Issue Journal of Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning<https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/adult-and-higher-education-changing-global-contexts-innovative-theory-and> 13(3) Check out my recent publications: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07377363.2022.2119803?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/07417136211050119 https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2021.1956303 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1045159521997583 From: Thompson, Duren J <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 4:41 PM To: Misawa, Mitsunori <[log in to unmask]>, Sun, Qi <[log in to unmask]>, Tidwell, Christine (Christine) <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Research Webinar 12/15 - The Importance of Skills and Qualifications for College-Educated Immigrants’ Economic Integration Adult Learning program folks, I encourage you to distribute the information below about a free, US DOE-funded webinar focused on disparities in college-educated immigrants’ economic integration in the US. This webinar highlights a strong international source of public use data available to adult learning scholars. Additional webinars and research tools from this source are available online here: https://www.piaacgateway.com/<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.piaacgateway.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cqsun8%40utk.edu%7C22be96b41fc64005cb7308dad2527deb%7C515813d9717d45dd9eca9aa19c09d6f9%7C0%7C0%7C638053548979361561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RUf3B1s611V5ZDhj3xiJpR%2F6nBMg9pjsUZBcBKla4rQ%3D&reserved=0> Please do not hesitate to reply to me with any questions! Duren Thompson [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Educational Program Coordinator Office of Ombuds Services & Doctoral Student, Learning, Design, and Technology Theory and Practice of Teacher Education College of Education, Health, and Human Services The Importance of Skills and Qualifications for College-Educated Immigrants’ Economic Integration Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) - Research Webinar Series December 15th, 2022, 12:30pm-1:45pm How do key demographic, skill, and employment characteristics of college-educated U.S. immigrants differ from their native-born counterparts? Do greater skills always translate to better employment? What other factors moderate the relationship between skill level and economic integration? Registration link: https://air-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYode2urzovHtPz1sQnJAKYk35ms7Qu6QY-<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fair-org.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtJYode2urzovHtPz1sQnJAKYk35ms7Qu6QY-&data=05%7C01%7Cqsun8%40utk.edu%7C22be96b41fc64005cb7308dad2527deb%7C515813d9717d45dd9eca9aa19c09d6f9%7C0%7C0%7C638053548979361561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EkNohZfYIxv%2FsJ2NY2uj6S1WXarJYkZlFCi4HJnlK2E%3D&reserved=0> Presenters: Dr. Jeanne Batalova and Michael Fix, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Discussant: Dr. Roberto Suro, University of Southern California Moderator: Dr. Monica Mean, U.S. Department of Labor Using combined 2012/14/17 U.S. PIAAC data from over 12,000 participants, the presenters explore relationships between cognitive skills, employment, and numerous other factors pertaining to the varied economic integration of college-educated U.S. immigrants. Between 1990 and 2019, the percentage of U.S adults that are college educated rose from 20% to 33%. Among individuals who have immigrated to the U.S. recently, this percent rose from 27% to 48% between 1990-2019. Still, certain skill discrepancies are observed in the PIAAC data. Combined with additional barriers to economic integration such as citizenship issues and lack of social or professional networks, Migrant Policy Institute estimates $40 billion in forgone wages by underutilized immigrant workers. This paper highlights encouraging aspects of the state of immigrant economic integration, including their greater average monthly earnings than U.S. born, college-educated adults. Registrants will have the opportunity to participate in small and large group discussions during the webinar. [Note: PIAAC Data was collected from 24 countries in 2011-2012 (with additional data collection in 2015 & 2017). These data sets are available for academic research via Public Use Files here: https://www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/data/<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oecd.org%2Fskills%2Fpiaac%2Fdata%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cqsun8%40utk.edu%7C22be96b41fc64005cb7308dad2527deb%7C515813d9717d45dd9eca9aa19c09d6f9%7C0%7C0%7C638053548979361561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MnYP%2BJRu43xgLpyFULJFXCIGN%2Bt96flHHcN1if5g5Sw%3D&reserved=0>] ----------------------------------------------------------- About the PIAAC Research Webinar Series The PIAAC Research<-%20https:/www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/> Webinar Series provides engaging and thought-provoking virtual presentations featuring AIR commissioned paper authors who used PIAAC data to explore topics associated with adult competencies in literacy, numeracy, and digital problem-solving. AIR PIAAC commissioned papers are funded through a contract with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education.