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.

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

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