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.
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.