Publications

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.