Community Colleges in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
This chapter discusses the challenges of community colleges, trends leading to enrollment growth, and the controversy over mission expansion and offers suggestions for reform. A brief version is also available.
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.
School to Work Opportunities Act and Postsecondary Education
This book chapter features a credible discussion of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act.
Occupational Education
This book chapter, published in Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia, provides an overview of occupational education in higher education.