Publications
Second Chances in Changing Times: The Roles of Community Colleges in Advancing Low-Skilled Workers
This chapter, published in Low-Wage Workers in the New Economy: Strategies for Opportunity and Advancement, describes how community colleges play a role in improving low-wage workers' prospects.
The Richness of Occupational Instruction: The Paradox in U.S. Community Colleges
This paper discusses how the potential richness and complexity of vocational instruction are often undeveloped within the classroom and unrecognized by academic instructors and administrators.
Opportunities and Challenges for the New Vocationalism
This journal article provides definitions, principles, and models to illuminate the meaning and importance of the new vocationalism in American community colleges.
From Isolation to Integration: Postsecondary Vocational Education and Emerging Systems of Workforce Development
This article in New Directions for Community Colleges examines emerging systems of workforce development and the role of community colleges.
Community Colleges and the Workforce Investment Act: Promises and Problems of the New Vocationalism
This article in New Directions for Community Colleges discusses the Workforce Investment Act and its impact on workforce development at community colleges.
Community Colleges and Their Communities: Collaboration for Workforce Development
This journal article discusses partnerships between community colleges and local communities that aim to enhance workforce development.
Special Issue: The New Vocationalism in American Community Colleges
This journal, edited by former CCRC affiliate Debra Bragg, reveals how "new vocationalism" in community colleges plays an increasingly prominent role in the new economy.
What Is the Future for Postsecondary Occupational Education?
This article discusses how postsecondary occupational education must become more responsive to contemporary labor market needs through redesigning workforce development.
Academic-Occupational Integration as a Reform Strategy for the Community College: Classroom Perspectives
This journal article argues that integrating academic and occupational education has potential as an educational reform in community colleges but needs to be systematically evaluated.
Issues and Linkages for an Information-Based Workplace
This book chapter, published in Learning.Now: Skills for an Information Economy, discusses the increasing need for information-based workforce preparation in community colleges.
Curriculum and Pedagogy to Integrate Occupational and Academic Instruction in the Community College: Implications for Faculty Development
This report presents case studies of seven community colleges that used curriculum and pedagogy to integrate academic and occupational education.
The New Economic Development Role of the Community College
This paper analyzes the new economic role of the community college by examining its role in workforce development for five different industries.
Community Colleges and Contract Training: Content, Origins, and Impact
This article analyzes the content, origins, and impact of the community college's growing involvement in contracting with employers to train current or prospective employees in job and academic skills.
Community College/Cluster Connections: Specialization and Competitiveness in the U.S. and Europe
This paper examines four community colleges in the United States and Europe and their role in local economic development.
The Roles of Evaluation for Education and Training: Plain Talk on the Field of Dreams
This book addresses the why and how of vocational education evaluation, and discusses the use and abuse of available evaluation results in policymaking.
The Economic Benefits of Pre-Baccalaureate Education: Results from State and Local Studies
This CCRC brief discusses labor market outcome findings from five states that are in the lead in using Unemployment Insurance (UI) data.
The Economic Benefits of Sub-Baccalaureate Education: Results From National Studies
While community colleges serve many goals and missions, their occupational purposes are central. This brief uses national data to evaluate the economic benefits of sub-baccalaureate education.
What Can We Learn About Postsecondary Vocational Education From Existing Data?
This paper outlines an agenda for research on postsecondary vocational education that can be carried out with existing data.
Edging Toward Effectiveness: Examining Postsecondary Occupational Education
This study looks at workforce development activities at seven community colleges and outlines priorities for future research.
Linking Measures of Quality and Success at Community Colleges to Individual Goals and Customer Needs
This paper presented at the Independent Advisory Panel Meeting, National Assessment of Vocational Education, examines how vocational education differs at the secondary and postsecondary levels.