To boost adult enrollment and credential attainment, community colleges must make it easier for students to secure college credit for their previous work experience.
The Mixed Methods Blog
Perspectives from our researchers, highlights from recent studies, and other news about CCRC
In this essay, Jim Jacobs argues that community colleges need to consider whether their workforce development programs are helping or hurting their equity missions.
In this essay for Inside Higher Ed, CCRC Research Affiliate James Jacobs describes three potential unintended consequences of allowing students to apply Pell funds to short-term training programs.
James Jacobs discusses how strengthening the relationship between guided pathways reforms and career-technical education can improve both, as colleges refocus their programs on skills that are valued in the current job market.
In this essay, James Jacobs outlines a view of apprenticeships where work-based learning promotes and reinforces student success more broadly.
