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Minaya, Veronica; Scott-Clayton, Judith – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2017
Over the past few years, a multitude of studies have examined the labor market returns to community college credentials, taking advantage of new administrative datasets that link college transcripts to quarterly earnings records and allow for comparisons of students' earnings before and after enrollment. These studies, however, typically follow…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Graduates, Outcomes of Education, Education Work Relationship
Belfield, Clive; Bailey, Thomas – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2017
This paper reviews recent evidence on the labor market returns to credit accumulation, certificates, and associate degrees from community colleges. Evidence is collated from estimates of earnings gaps across college students using large-scale, statewide administrative datasets from eight states. Six of these states were partners of the Center for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education
Flores, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The current research, "Citizen Support for Northern Ohio Community College Funding Initiatives during an Economic Recession Recovery", asks the question: Do the citizens of Northern Ohio support community college funding during difficult economic times? Based on the theory of Stakeholder Analysis, the purpose of this concurrent,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Climate, Stakeholders, Mixed Methods Research
Altstadt, David, Ed. – Jobs for the Future, 2012
Driven by economic and educational imperatives, public policymakers, higher education leaders, and philanthropic and advocacy groups are mobilizing aggressive national and state campaigns to bolster college completion. Campaigns to improve student success are particularly concerned about the performance of the nation's community colleges. In…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Public Support
Altstadt, David, Ed. – Jobs for the Future, 2012
Driven by economic and educational imperatives, public policymakers, higher education leaders, and philanthropic and advocacy groups are mobilizing aggressive national and state campaigns to bolster college completion. Campaigns to improve student success are particularly concerned about the performance of the nation's community colleges. In…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Public Support
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2012
In times of economic uncertainty, community colleges have consistently turned to the experience of past generations as an avenue toward innovation and the modernization of their programs and services. Community colleges have been able to continuously reinvent themselves to serve the ever-changing needs of society. With President Obama's increased…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Climate, Data Collection, Listening