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Everrett A. Smith; Mark M. D'Amico; Regina Garza Mitchell; Pamela L. Eddy – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
When Arthur Cohen launched "New Directions for Community Colleges" ("NDCC") in 1973, the focus was on sharing updates and practical advice for those leading and working in community colleges. At the time, scant attention was given to these institutions as most research centered on 4-year colleges and universities. The context…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Publications, College Administration
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Haviland, Sara; Robbins, Steven – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
Workforce development and career and technical education (CTE) have long provided reliable pathways to middle skill jobs and a gateway to the middle class. Given recent changes in middle skills jobs, the education landscape, and federal policy priorities, the role of CTE in the U.S. educational landscape is evolving more rapidly, encompassing a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technical Education, Skilled Workers, Educational Research
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Paulsen, Michael B., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2016
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Educational Innovation, English Language Learners
Nguyen, Thai-Huy; Lundy-Wagner, Valerie; Castro Samayoa, Andrés; Gasman, Marybeth; Wilson, Audrey; Diggs, Desmond; Wolff, Melanie; Dávila, Carolina; Boland, William – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2015
This report, published by the Center for Minority Serving Institutions in collaboration with CAPSEE, looks at the role of two-year Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in improving postsecondary access and degree completion for disadvantaged students in the United States. In doing so, it aims to prepare the groundwork for research that considers…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Minority Group Students, Institutional Characteristics, Disadvantaged
Bragg, D. D.; Kirby, C.; Witt, M. A.; Richie, D.; Mix, S.; Feldbaum, M.; Liu, S.; Mason, M. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2014
The Transformative Change Initiative (TCI) is dedicated to assisting community colleges to scale up innovation in the form of guided pathways, programs of study, and evidence-based strategies to improve student outcomes and program, organization, and system performance. The impetus for TCI is the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs