Publications
Introduction
June 10, 2022
BTE Success Stories 2021: New Brunswick, NJ
The BTE New Brunswick program was designed to increase both the number of New Brunswick youth who enroll in and attend higher education and the number who pursue STEM2D (science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing, and design) or healthcare careers. This case study reviews the site's goals and achievements.
June 3, 2022
BTE Success Stories 2021: Bracknell, UK
The BTE Bracknell program was designed to address the key challenges facing youth at East Hampstead School. This case study reviews the site's model, challenges, and successes.
September 6, 2021
Efficacy of a College and Career Readiness Program: Bridge to Employment
The National Institute of Work and Learning’s Amy Detgen and co-authors have published a paper exploring the ways that the Bridge to Employment program has helped participants. Through interviews, alumni of BTE share how the program has changed their lives in many ways and set them on a path to success.
October 22, 2021
BTE 30 Years Oral History: 30 Years, 30 Voices
FHI 360 staff and Bridge to Employment Youth Leadership Council representatives conducted 30 interviews with BTE alumni and program partners, capturing 30 years of Building partnerships, Transforming communities, and Empowering youth, This oral history illuminates BTE’s great accomplishments and brings the program’s rich history to life.
December 3, 2020
A Public-Private Partnership Designed to Improve Student Soft Skills: The Johnson & Johnson Bridge-to-Employment Program
This paper, published by JAEPR, looks at a corporate-education partnership between Johnson & Johnson and disadvantaged public schools called Bridge-to-Employment (BTE) and examines the program’s impact on student acquisition of soft or non-cognitive, school-to-career transition skills. The authors model the differences in the attainment levels of eight soft skills in a sample of 236 BTE and 308 Comparison students from 10 BTE program sites in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Using cross-site trajectory analysis, we find that BTE participation had a positive impact on BTE students’ communication skills, perceived readiness for an immediate job, readiness for career, teamwork, and persistence in pursuing a task/goal (grit). BTE did not have an impact on students’ problem solving skills, readiness for college or ability to set long-term goals. We discuss the possible reasons for these mixed results and the need for encouraging more direct business-public school partnerships to address the growing knowledge and skills gaps facing our nation.
December 3, 2020
Private sector inputs into public school preparation for careers in health care and STEM: An examination of cognitive skills development in the Johnson & Johnson Bridge-to-Employment program in the United States
This International Journal of Educational Research article examines the impact of a STEM enhancement program (SEP) sponsored by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) entitled Bridge-to-Employment (BTE). The authors look at the science, math and language arts grades of 236 BTE and 308 comparison students from ten BTE program sites in the U.S, and find that BTE participation slows the deterioration in math and language arts grades, but has no impact on science grades. We discuss the implications this research has for future evaluations of SEPs and for the formulation of future SEP initiatives.
May 18, 2020
Global Youth Leadership Council Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1
The Global Youth Leadership Council (YLC) produces a quarterly Bridge to Employment newsletter, sharing BTE site activities and announcements from around the world.
February 4, 2020
BTE Success Stories 2019
A collection of case studies on BTE sites in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Learn about the BTE initiative's impact and the success!
November 21, 2018
BTE Success Stories 2018
A collection of case studies on BTE sites in Puerto Rico, India, Australia, and the United States. Come see what makes a project successful!
November 7, 2017
BTE From the Rearview Mirror
Over 4,000 students and countless volunteers have passed through BTE over our 25 years. We have collected their stories and distilled lessons from them for the future of the program.