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Labor Market Trajectories for Community College Graduates: New Evidence Spanning the Great Recession
August 2020

Labor Market Trajectories for Community College Graduates: New Evidence Spanning the Great Recession

Veronica MinayaJudith Scott-Clayton
This paper examines returns to terminal associate degrees and certificates up to 11 years after students initially entered a community college in Ohio. The authors use an individual fixed-effects approach that controls for students’ pre-enrollment earnings and allows the returns to credential completion to vary over time.
The Labor Market Returns to For-Profit Higher Education: Evidence for Transfer Students
November 2019

The Labor Market Returns to For-Profit Higher Education: Evidence for Transfer Students

Vivian Yuen Ting LiuClive Belfield
This paper examines the labor market gains for students who enrolled at for-profit colleges after beginning their postsecondary education in community college.
The False Dichotomy Between Academic Learning and Occupational Skills
September 2019

The False Dichotomy Between Academic Learning and Occupational Skills

Thomas BaileyClive Belfield
This essay compares broad academic and vocational program goals, embodied skills, tasks, and jobs, with a focus primarily on community college students.
Nonpecuniary Returns to Postsecondary Education: Examining Early Non-Wage Labor Market Outcomes Among College-Goers in the United States
September 2019

Nonpecuniary Returns to Postsecondary Education: Examining Early Non-Wage Labor Market Outcomes Among College-Goers in the United States

Lauren Schudde
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, this CAPSEE working paper examines nonpecuniary labor market outcomes associated with different levels of postsecondary educational attainment.
The Evolving Mission of Workforce Development in the Community College
March 2019

The Evolving Mission of Workforce Development in the Community College

James JacobsJennifer Worth
This paper describes how community colleges became a major resource for the nation's workforce development requirements and discusses how this role continues to evolve to meet the needs of students, employers, and local communities.
Timing Matters: How Delaying College Enrollment Affects Earnings Trajectories
February 2019

Timing Matters: How Delaying College Enrollment Affects Earnings Trajectories

Yuxin LinVivian Yuen Ting Liu
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, this paper compares the academic and labor market outcomes of high school graduates who delay college enrollment and those who enroll in college immediately up to 13 years after high school completion.
Credential Production by Field and Labor Market Alignment at Minority-Serving Institutions: A Descriptive Analysis
September 2018

Credential Production by Field and Labor Market Alignment at Minority-Serving Institutions: A Descriptive Analysis

Nikki EdgecombeJasmine Sanders
This CAPSEE working paper compares credential production patterns of minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and non-MSIs by field of study and examines the extent to which they correspond to employment industry clusters in Alabama and California.
KCTCS Enhancing Programs for IT Certification (EPIC)
September 2018

KCTCS Enhancing Programs for IT Certification (EPIC)

Katherine L. HughesClive BelfieldFlorence Xiaotao RanDavis Jenkins
This report evaluates the implementation and impacts of Enhancing Programs for IT Certification (EPIC), a program that aims to expand access to computer and medical information technology credentials at six Kentucky community colleges.
The Impact of Occupational Licensing on Labor Market Outcomes of College-Educated Workers
June 2018

The Impact of Occupational Licensing on Labor Market Outcomes of College-Educated Workers

Thomas BaileyClive Belfield
This paper identifies the effects of licenses on a set of labor market outcomes for the college-educated workforce using newly available national Current Population Survey data merged with data from the U.S. Department of Labor on state-level, occupation-specific licensing requirements.
Responding to Divergent Trends: Vocational and Transfer Education at Community Colleges
May 2018

Responding to Divergent Trends: Vocational and Transfer Education at Community Colleges

Thomas Bailey
In this article for Change: The Magazine for Higher Learning, CCRC Founding Director and Teachers College President Thomas Bailey outlines the tradeoff between degrees and short-term credentials offered to community college students and describes how the colleges themselves may be able to help resolve this conflict.
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