Publications
The Characteristics of Occupational Students in Postsecondary Education
This brief presents a profile of the enrollment, demographic, and educational characteristics and educational goals of community college students in occupational programs.
Institutionalization and Sustainability of the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education Program
This report examines the ability of the ATE projects and centers to have a significant and permanent influence on the host colleges and on the system of STEM education in general.
School-Based Career Development in an Age of Accountability: A Synthesis of the Literature
This literature review examines research on the effectiveness of school-based career guidance and development programs.
Working Knowledge: Learning and Education Reform
This book explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy.
Integration of Vocational and Academic Curricula Through the NSF Advanced Technological Education Program (ATE)
This paper discusses the process and impact of the ATE innovation from several different dimensions by examining instructional and institutional factors that affect the process of curriculum integration.
Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: What the Record Shows
This paper discusses the economic returns to education for African American and Hispanic students and the performance of community colleges in increasing college access for ethnic minority students.
The Potential of Community Colleges as Bridges to Opportunity for the Disadvantaged: Can It Be Achieved on a Large Scale?
This report examines community colleges' successes and failures in their role as a bridge to opportunity for disadvantaged students and discusses changes they could make to be more effective in this role.
The Characteristics of Occupational Sub-Baccalaureate Students Entering the New Millennium
This report is a quantitative analysis of postsecondary occupational education students using national datasets.
The Uneven Distribution of Employee Training by Community Colleges: Description and Explanation
This journal article describes the uneven supply of contract training by community colleges.
Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education
This article discusses the potential of noncredit education in community colleges as a bridge to college for the most disadvantaged youth and adults.
Implementing the "Education Consensus": The Federal Role in Supporting Vocational-Technical Education
This report, commissioned by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) of the U.S. Department of Education, examines the rationale for federal involvement in occupational education.
Developing Work-Based Learning Pedagogies
This book chapter examines the rise of the school-to-work movement in the late 1980s and continued throughout the 1990s, and discusses work-based learning pedagogies.
Credentials, Curriculum, and Access: The Debate Over Nurse Preparation
This monograph explores the nurse licensure debate, what is known about the programmatic differences between pre-licensure programs, and research on the job performance of ADN- and BSN-educated nurses.
Learning and Earning in the Middle: The Economic Benefits of Sub-Baccalaureate Education
This report reviews the available evidence on the economic benefits of postsecondary education below the level of the baccalaureate degree, concentrating on the effects of community colleges.
Curriculum and Pedagogy for Academic-Occupational Integration in Community Colleges: Illustrations From an Instrumental Case Study (Parts I-IX)
This nine-part series presents case material from a study of curriculum and pedagogy for integrated instruction in seven community colleges across the country.
Tech Prep and Postsecondary Education
This book chapter, published in Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia, discusses issues pertaining to tech prep and postsecondary education.
Occupational Education
This book chapter, published in Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia, provides an overview of occupational education in higher education.
School to Work Opportunities Act and Postsecondary Education
This book chapter features a credible discussion of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act.
Workforce Development in the Information Economy
This book chapter discusses changing labor demands in the information economy and how workforce development at community colleges can meet those demands.
Vocational and Occupational Education: Pedagogical Complexity, Institutional Diversity
This book chapter examines pedagogical complexity and institutional diversity within vocational and occupational education.