Publications

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

This book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings, ranging from innovative approaches to complex subjects to conventional didactic instruction.

This paper details a qualitative study of four-year graduates who attended Central Piedmont Community College.

This book chapter, published by the American Youth Policy Forum, discusses shaky prospects for successful passages to productive adult lives.

This monograph describes and provides examples of exemplary career preparation programs that avoid the separation between theory and practice.

This paper discusses the rise of the entrepreneurial college and tensions within the comprehensive community college.

This monograph describes two innovations—curriculum integration and Tech Prep—that emerged independently of federal funding and that have widespread support.