Workforce Recovery
Institutional and Student Responses to Free College: Evidence From Virginia
Institutional and Student Responses to Free College: Evidence From Virginia
CCRC | September 2024
Using administrative data, this paper analyzes Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3)—a free community college initiative that Virginia implemented in 2021—and shows that both institutions and students responded to the tuition-free messaging and eligibility criteria.
Examining Labor Market Variation in CTE Sectors: Evidence From Florida
Examining Labor Market Variation in CTE Sectors: Evidence From Florida
WestEd | September 2024
Analysis in this brief shows that labor market indicators commonly used by CTE providers in Florida vary widely by program area and geographical region; it also illustrates disparate impacts of the pandemic by examining changes in labor market demand in CTE occupations over time.
Increasing Access to High-Demand Occupational Training: An Exploration of G3’s Recruitment and Enrollment Strategies
Increasing Access to High-Demand Occupational Training: An Exploration of G3’s Recruitment and Enrollment Strategies
CCRC | July 2024
This brief uses enrollment and outcome data as well as interview data from eight colleges implementing the Get A Skill, Get A Job, Get Ahead (G3) program to examine college-level G3 outreach, recruitment, and enrollment strategies and the process for awarding G3 aid.
How Florida Community and Technical Colleges Are Aligning CTE Programming to the Labor Market in a Post-COVID Era
How Florida Community and Technical Colleges Are Aligning CTE Programming to the Labor Market in a Post-COVID Era
WestEd | October 2023
This brief describes findings from a statewide survey in Florida that sheds light on how community and technical colleges are examining student and economic data, creating processes for program review and market alignment, engaging industries and businesses, and supporting student success in career and technical education (CTE) after the pandemic.
