Publications

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.