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Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu; Marc L. Stein; Juan B. Cortes; Paula Kim-Christian; Nathaniel Dewey – Research in Higher Education, 2025
Community colleges were established as affordable postsecondary education opportunities for all residents within their local areas. Typical measures of access to postsecondary institutions use binary indicators based on the presence of institutions within geographic areas or straight-line distance between student residences and college locations…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Transportation, Public Sector, Urban Schools
Sean Robins; CiCi Flanagan; Steve Jurch – Association of Community College Trustees, 2024
The "Community College Skills-Based Hiring Playbook" is a comprehensive guide for community colleges aiming to implement or enhance skills-based hiring practices. By prioritizing skills over degrees, employers in partnership with community colleges can unlock opportunities for STARs and contribute to building a more equitable and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Career Pathways
Julio Rodriguez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this dissertation, I present an examination of the economics of education through three chapters. In the first paper, I study the overrepresentation of elite university graduates in senior positions in public administration. Using rich administrative data from Chile, I employ a stacked fuzzy regression discontinuity design to estimate the…
Descriptors: Economics, Disproportionate Representation, Public Administration, College Graduates