Operating Conditions

The links and resources available on this page address economic, demographic and occupational conditions in UAA's state and local operating environment. Click here for a brief summary of some of these operating conditions prepared for UAA's Spring Operating Review, April 2009.

Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development

• Alaska's Population Projections
• Alaska's Economic Trends
• Alaska Occupational Job Forecast to 2016
• Alaska Unemployment Rates

Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)

• 2009 Economic Forecast

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

• Investing in Alaska's Future, What Drives the Alaska Economy by Scott Goldsmith (Prepared for Northrim Bank)
• How Vulnerable is Alaska's Economy to Reduced Federal Spending?
  
• Fuel Costs, Migration, and Community Viability
  
• What Happened in 2007 That Will Shape Alaska's Future Economy?
  
• Anchorage at 90

State of Alaska

• Governor Palin's State of the State Address (January 2009)

University of Alaska

• President Mark Hamilton addresses the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (November 2008)

Northrim Bank

• Third Quarter 2008 Economic Overview

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

• Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity, 1992-2022 (Alaska)
• Beyond Social Justice: The Threat of Inequality to Workforce Development in the Western United States (2008)