Strengthening Transitions by Encouraging Career Pathways: A Look at State Policies and Practices
This report identifies ways in which state policies can support students’ academic and labor market success by creating coherent systems of preparation for students entering technical fields.
State Dual Enrollment Policies: Addressing Access and Quality Report
This report analyzes dual enrollment legislation in all 50 states and examines whether these policies promote or inhibit the spread of dual enrollment programs.
State Systems of Performance Accountability for Community Colleges: Impacts and Lessons for Policymakers
This policy brief contains an analysis of the impacts of performance accountability on community colleges in six states.
The Unending Search for Equity: California Policy, the “Improved School Finance,” and the Williams Case
This article examines the logic of the “improved school finance,” which posits that understanding how resources are used at the school and classroom levels is necessary for determining equitable funding.
Outsourcing of Instruction at Community Colleges
This report presents the findings of exploratory research designed to identify the characteristics of the outsourcing of instruction at community colleges and the forces that promote or block its spread.