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.
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.
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.
This report reviews the available evidence on the economic benefits of postsecondary education below the level of the baccalaureate degree, concentrating on the effects of community colleges.
This nine-part series presents case material from a study of curriculum and pedagogy for integrated instruction in seven community colleges across the country.
This book chapter, published in Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia, provides an overview of occupational education in higher education.
This book chapter discusses issues pertaining to tech prep programs, which link students’ secondary and postsecondary education experiences and help ...
This book chapter discusses changing labor demands in the information economy and how workforce development at community colleges can meet those demands.
