Bridges to Opportunity for Underprepared Adults: A State Policy Guide for Community College Leaders
This guide offers strategies for providing adults with education and training to help them access opportunities for social mobility and secure jobs that pay wages sufficient to support a family.
From Compliance to Capacity Building: Community Colleges and Federal Workforce Education Policy
In this paper, the author argues for a new paradigm in federal workforce education policy, one that privileges capacity-building over compliance.
A Typology of Community College-Based Partnership Activities
This paper presents a typology of the institutional partnerships in which community colleges engage so that policymakers can develop fiscal and regulatory policy to support such activities.
CCRC Research Tools No. 3: A Short Guide to “Tipping Point” Analyses of Community College Student Labor Market Outcomes
This guide aims to help community colleges and state agencies analyze the labor market outcomes of their programs and identify opportunities for improving students’ employment outcomes.
Beyond Traditional College: The Role of Community Colleges, Career and Technical Postsecondary Education in Preparing a Globally Competitive Work Force
This essay describes the characteristics of community college students and discusses the role of the community college in increasing access to higher education by traditionally underserved students.