This report examines community colleges' successes and failures in their role as a bridge to opportunity for disadvantaged students and discusses changes they could make to be more effective in this role.
This book chapter examines the rise of the school-to-work movement in the late 1980s and continued throughout the 1990s, and discusses work-based learning pedagogies.
This monograph explores the nurse licensure debate, what is known about the programmatic differences between pre-licensure programs, and research on the job performance of ADN- and BSN-educated nurses.
This report reviews the available evidence on the economic benefits of postsecondary education below the level of the baccalaureate degree, concentrating on the effects of community colleges.
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, 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 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, edited by former CCRC affiliate Debra Bragg, reveals how "new vocationalism" in community colleges plays an increasingly prominent role in the new economy.
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.
