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Schanker, Jennifer B.; Taylor, Judith C. – Jobs for the Future, 2012
The Michigan Center for Student Success commissioned this study to determine whether strategies employed to improve adult students' success at 41 Breaking Through colleges nationwide have taken root at Michigan's original colleges and spread beyond them. A statewide survey revisited four of the colleges profiled in previous publications, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Technical Education
Schanker, Jennifer B.; Taylor, Judith C. – Jobs for the Future, 2012
The Michigan Center for Student Success commissioned this study to determine whether strategies employed to improve adult students' success at 41 Breaking Through colleges nationwide have taken root at Michigan's original colleges and spread beyond them. A statewide survey revisited four of the colleges profiled in previous publications, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Technical Education
Hilliard, Tom – Jobs for the Future, 2011
In 2007, Michigan undertook a bold mission: to retrain tens of thousands of adults to qualify for jobs in emerging and expanding sectors of the economy. The state's proposal to jobless, dislocated, and low-income residents was simple but appealing: enroll in up to two years of postsecondary education, and Michigan would cover up to $5,000 in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Economic Progress, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges