Publications

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.