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Download full textKinder, Kate; DeRenzis, Brooke; Duke-Benfield, Amy Ellen – National Skills Coalition, 2021
This toolkit is intended to help states create career pathways systems that integrate and expand partnerships between state human service agencies and postsecondary systems and institutions so that more people who want to train for a quality career can do so. Career pathways partnerships can help community colleges and human services work better…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, State Programs
National Skills Coalition, 2020
Over half of jobs in the U.S. require training beyond high school but not a four-year degree. These skilled jobs are the backbone of America's economy, and filling them is critical to America's success in the 21st century. Every day, in communities coast to coast, working people, students, and families are looking for opportunities to get ahead.…
Descriptors: Job Skills, 21st Century Skills, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education
Judkins, David; Gardiner, Karen; Smith, Adrienne; Walton, Douglas – Abt Associates, 2020
The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program provided grants to community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs. Grant-funded colleges served workers who were eligible for training under the Trade…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Descriptions, Career Development, Grants
Hegji, Alexandra; Collins, Benjamin – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended) authorizes programs and activities to provide support to individuals who are pursuing a postsecondary education and to institutions of higher education (IHEs). During the 116th Congress, the House Committee on Education and Labor marked up and ordered to be reported the College…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Educational Finance
Peters, Eleanor Eckerson; Roberson, Amanda Janice; Voight, Mamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2019
This report shares the perspectives and aspirations of 17 low-income and working-class students based on interviews the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) conducted over two semesters of their college journeys. The report identifies opportunities for policymakers and institutional leaders to support all students through completion,…
Descriptors: College Students, Paying for College, Tuition, Student Loan Programs
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1984
The need for and possible effects of a state-funded work-study program for students in California colleges and universities in a comprehensive system of student financial aid were assessed. After considering current levels of funding for all financial aid programs in California, attention is focused on the specific needs that could be addressed by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Eligibility, Employers, Federal Programs
Alkin, Marvin; White, Peter – 1984
Focusing on the qualitative component of the 1983-84 Operational Program Reviews (OPRs) of Educational Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) in California's community colleges, this report presents the information collected by a qualitative evaluator at 14 EOPS projects in California and assesses program strengths and weaknesses. The first part…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged
Luskin, Bernard J. – 1985
The National Science Foundation (NSF) should be a guiding force in science education and in building public understanding of science and technology transfer issues. The nation's community, junior, and technical colleges, which now enroll 52% of all Americans who go to college for the first time, are eager to work with the NSF to further these…
Descriptors: College Science, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Dyste, Ron; Wilson, Al – 1988
Several problems have been identified in the administration of student financial aid programs in California, including high default rates in the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program, a significant decrease in the number of eligible students receiving financial aid, workload increases in program administration, and unmet needs for financial aid…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Colleges, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1984
Four major topics are addressed in these papers presented at the Hispanic Roundtable meeting: current staffing patterns at community colleges, transferability trends among Hispanic students, employment barriers, and legislative issues. Introductory comments by Maria Barrera are followed by Mary Jane Garza's paper, "Current Staffing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
