Publications

This book chapter, published in Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia, provides an overview of occupational education in higher education.

This book chapter discusses issues pertaining to tech prep programs, which link students’ secondary and postsecondary education experiences and help ...

This book chapter discusses changing labor demands in the information economy and how workforce development at community colleges can meet those demands.

This book chapter examines pedagogical complexity and institutional diversity within vocational and occupational education.

This paper discusses how the potential richness and complexity of vocational instruction are often undeveloped within the classroom and unrecognized by academic instructors and administrators.

This article in New Directions for Community Colleges discusses the Workforce Investment Act and its impact on workforce development at community colleges.

This journal, edited by former CCRC affiliate Debra Bragg, reveals how "new vocationalism" in community colleges plays an increasingly prominent role in the new economy.

This article in New Directions for Community Colleges examines emerging systems of workforce development and the role of community colleges.

This journal article discusses partnerships between community colleges and local communities that aim to enhance workforce development.

This journal article provides definitions, principles, and models to illuminate the meaning and importance of the new vocationalism in American community colleges.