Publications

This nine-part series presents case material from a study of curriculum and pedagogy for integrated instruction in seven community colleges across the country.

This book chapter features a credible discussion of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act.

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 discusses changing labor demands in the information economy and how workforce development at community colleges can meet those demands.

This book chapter examines pedagogical complexity and institutional diversity within vocational and occupational education.

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.

This article in New Directions for Community Colleges discusses the Workforce Investment Act and its impact on workforce development at community colleges.

This journal article discusses partnerships between community colleges and local communities that aim to enhance workforce development.

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.

This article in New Directions for Community Colleges examines emerging systems of workforce development and the role of community colleges.

This journal article provides definitions, principles, and models to illuminate the meaning and importance of the new vocationalism in American community colleges.

This article discusses how postsecondary occupational education must become more responsive to contemporary labor market needs through redesigning workforce development.

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 Learning.Now: Skills for an Information Economy, discusses the increasing need for information-based workforce preparation in community colleges.

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.

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.