Publications

Drawing on site visits to four community colleges, this paper examines how community colleges are responding to workforce preparation pressures.

This paper outlines an agenda for research on postsecondary vocational education that can be carried out with existing data.

This study looks at workforce development activities at seven community colleges and outlines priorities for future research.

This paper presented at the Independent Advisory Panel Meeting, National Assessment of Vocational Education, examines how vocational education differs at the secondary and postsecondary levels.

In this report and brief, the authors clarify the underlying assumptions of both sides in the community college multiple missions debate.

This book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings, ranging from innovative approaches to complex subjects to conventional didactic instruction.

This paper details a qualitative study of four-year graduates who attended Central Piedmont Community College.

This book chapter, published by the American Youth Policy Forum, discusses shaky prospects for successful passages to productive adult lives.

This monograph describes and provides examples of exemplary career preparation programs that avoid the separation between theory and practice.

This paper discusses the rise of the entrepreneurial college and tensions within the comprehensive community college.