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Download full textPalmer, Iris; Love, Ivy – New America, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented wave of challenges for students, faculty, and staff. In March 2020, a thousand community colleges in the United States shifted to online instruction, which affected around 10 million students. Community colleges are used to responding to their communities during times of crisis. But individual…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Electronic Learning, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Simulation
Direct linkHedge, Jerry W., Ed.; Carter, Gary W., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2020
"Career Pathways: From School to Retirement" brings together leading workforce researchers and practitioners to provide new perspectives on school-to-work and workplace career pathways. This groundbreaking book explains the transformations that have taken place in the workplace over the past several decades and how those transformations…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Labor Force Development, Social Change
MartinRogers, Nicole; Gozali-Lee, Edith; Miller, Julia – Wilder Research, 2021
In late 2020, Kansas technical colleges participated in a national study of community and technical college workforce education. Kansas was one of 14 states where education authorities volunteered to encourage colleges to respond early enough in 2020 to receive preliminary statewide results in January 2021. This brief compares Kansas to the 14…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Job Training, Noncredit Courses
Peer reviewedSociety for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
In recent years, two-year colleges have tried various strategies to improve student outcomes and remediate skill deficits in order to promote academic and employment success. Promising approaches include career pathways, dual-enrollment, competency-based credentialing, sectoral strategies, wrap-around services, and acceleration. Taken together,…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Acceleration (Education), Community Colleges, Educational Innovation
Rothwell, William J., Ed.; Gerity, Patrick E., Ed. – Community College Press (NJ3), 2008
"Linking Workforce Development to Economic Development: A Casebook for Community Colleges" is a compilation of best practice examples, which illustrate what it takes for community colleges to achieve their goal of helping people acquire education and skills, helping employers, supporting communities, and building the nation. The book is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Best Practices
Seline, Richard – Community College Journal, 2006
Five trends are emerging that will not only change the role of human capital in the United States but will also challenge the legacy system of workforce development, skills and competency-focused institutions, and assuredly, community colleges. Workforce investment boards, for example, are currently geographically constrained in environments that…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Labor Force Development, Competition, Science and Society
Eisen, Phyllis – Community College Journal, 2005
The "Dream It. Do It." campaign was launched by a community that cares about its growth, its future and the future of its young people. Launched as a joint initiative with the National Association of Manufacturers and its Manufacturing Institute in a bold and committed effort to fill the talent shortage looming for U.S. manufacturers,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development
Hanna, John; And Others – 1989
The public community colleges and area vocational schools in Kansas have expanded their offerings beyond the usual one- and two-year programs of study to provide customized vocational training for business and industry. The vocational training may involve courses and programs of study designed specifically for a particular business or individual…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Job Training, Labor Education
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. Lifelong Learning Div. – 1992
In order to provide educational opportunities for entry into and advancement within the work force, Kansas' 19 public community colleges and 14 area vocational technical schools (AVTSs) have expanded their offerings to include customized training for businesses and industries within Kansas. Vocational training is also supported by the Kansas…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Industrial Training, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. Lifelong Learning Div. – 1991
One of the most important strategies for promoting economic development is providing educational opportunities for entry into and advancement within the work force. In support of this strategy, Kansas public community colleges and vocational-technical schools have expanded their offerings to include customized training for businesses and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Economic Development
Krider, Charles E.; And Others – 1991
This report considers the basic skills levels of adults in Kansas, the provision of basic skills training by public and private agencies, and policy options for improving the basic skills of Kansas's workforce. Following a detailed executive report, chapter 1 reviews the workforce challenge, economic and technological changes, and shifts in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, College Role
Marsh, Ferman; And Others – 1991
A statistical overview of the current training opportunities designed to meet the changing needs of business and industry in Kansas is provided in this report, covering services offered by public community colleges, area vocational technical schools, and the Kansas Industrial Training Program. An executive summary, which draws on an extensive…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Missouri Department of Higher Education, 2008
The Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Department of Higher Education are pleased to present this Annual Report of accomplishments, benchmarks and statistics related to Missouri higher learning for fiscal year 2008. Chief among this year's accomplishments is the coordinated plan, "Imperatives for Change: Building a Higher…
Descriptors: Economics, Articulation (Education), Transfer Policy, Educational Cooperation
