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.
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 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.
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.