Publications

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.

This CCRC brief discusses labor market outcome findings from five states that are in the lead in using Unemployment Insurance (UI) data.

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.

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