Publications

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 article discusses mainstreaming and centralization, two ways in which community colleges organize developmental education.

This book chapter features a credible discussion of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act.

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 provides an in-depth account of current issues surrounding high-school-to-college transitions.

This chapter discusses higher education policies and legislation, the social and economic philosophy behind higher education and open-admission policies, and challenges facing higher education.

This book chapter features an all-inclusive discussion of the role of community colleges in higher education.

In CCRC's 2002 newsletter, Director Thomas Bailey discusses the growing national interest in community colleges and reviews CCRC research comparing for-profit colleges and community colleges.

This chapter, published in Perspectives on the Community College: A Journey of Discovery, features a revealing discussion about the new roles of community colleges.

This book chapter discusses changing labor demands in the information economy and how workforce development at community colleges can meet those demands.

This article analyzes the roles of counselors in the Puente program, a high school intervention designed to improve guidance and counseling for disadvantaged high school students.

This journal article discusses a study that investigated the effects of task repetition on the writing skills of upper level developmental reading students.

This chapter discusses community college policy issues and provides readers with an in-depth discussion of research questions and methodological perspectives.

This book chapter examines pedagogical complexity and institutional diversity within vocational and occupational education.

This book chapter profiles Clark Kerr, an economist and labor-management expert whose goal was to coordinate the programs of state colleges and universities.

This book chapter focuses on the role of community colleges in education and society. The chapter was published in Education and ...

The journal article describes CCRC's case study research on remediation, which shows that there is more to remediation than traditional developmental education programs.

This report discusses crucial issues related to counseling and guidance in community colleges and outlines an agenda for potential future research.

This paper discusses how the potential richness and complexity of vocational instruction are often undeveloped within the classroom and unrecognized by academic instructors and administrators.

In the inaugural edition of CCRC's newsletter, Director Thomas Bailey discusses the mission of CCRC and the research it conducted during its first three years on the multiple missions of community colleges and the conditions under which individual students benefit most from community colleges.

This article in New Directions for Community Colleges discusses the Workforce Investment Act and its impact on workforce development at community colleges.

This journal, edited by former CCRC affiliate Debra Bragg, reveals how "new vocationalism" in community colleges plays an increasingly prominent role in the new economy.

This article in New Directions for Community Colleges examines emerging systems of workforce development and the role of community colleges.

This journal article discusses partnerships between community colleges and local communities that aim to enhance workforce development.

This article, published in Career Research and Development, the NICEC Journal, discusses the role of information in guidance and counseling and the preconditions necessary for individuals to use information well.

This journal article provides definitions, principles, and models to illuminate the meaning and importance of the new vocationalism in American community colleges.

This report offers insight into how research evaluating the effectiveness of remedial education can be improved to shed light on how these programs can be improved.

This article discusses how postsecondary occupational education must become more responsive to contemporary labor market needs through redesigning workforce development.

This book chapter offers a consummate account of the issues surrounding contradictory missions of the community college.

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.

This book chapter, published in Community Colleges: Policy in the Future Context, offers insight into the future direction of policies shaping K-14 education.

This report provides quantitative evidence on faculty views about institutional mission. A brief of the report is also available for download.

This book chapter, published in Learning.Now: Skills for an Information Economy, discusses the increasing need for information-based workforce preparation in community colleges.

This book chapter discusses the controversial issue of multiple missions of community colleges in the age of digital technology.

This report presents case studies of seven community colleges that used curriculum and pedagogy to integrate academic and occupational education.

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.

This paper analyzes the new economic role of the community college by examining its role in workforce development for five different industries.

This paper examines four community colleges in the United States and Europe and their role in local economic development.

This book addresses the why and how of vocational education evaluation, and discusses the use and abuse of available evaluation results in policymaking.

This paper and related brief discuss the problem of high school students' failure to prepare for college demands; policy reforms are suggested.

This CCRC brief discusses labor market outcome findings from five states that are in the lead in using Unemployment Insurance (UI) data.

This paper addresses the issue of performance funding and its implications for California's community colleges. It was prepared for the State Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges.

While community colleges serve many goals and missions, their occupational purposes are central. This brief uses national data to evaluate the economic benefits of sub-baccalaureate education.

Drawing on site visits to four community colleges, this paper examines how community colleges are responding to workforce preparation pressures.

This paper outlines an agenda for research on postsecondary vocational education that can be carried out with existing data.

This study looks at workforce development activities at seven community colleges and outlines priorities for future research.

This paper presented at the Independent Advisory Panel Meeting, National Assessment of Vocational Education, examines how vocational education differs at the secondary and postsecondary levels.

In this report and brief, the authors clarify the underlying assumptions of both sides in the community college multiple missions debate.