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Voeller, Jooyoung – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Recently, apprenticeships have re-emerged as an effective means of preparing young people for the 21st-century workplace (Browning & Nickoli, 2017; OECD, 2018). Especially, community colleges have been actively implementing modern apprenticeships within their degree programs by offering degree apprenticeships (DAs). The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Apprenticeships, Work Experience Programs, Academic Degrees
Amechi, Mauriell H. – New America, 2022
Despite the growing popularity of WBL, the community college and workforce development fields need greater transparency and clarity on the design of these programs to broaden workforce pathways, ensure the transferability of exemplary program models, and support the advancement of equitable outcomes for all students, especially learners from…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship
Alain Leger Ayangma II – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Globalization, technology, labor market demands and economic growth have created the need for a skilled workforce. Community colleges serve as a pivotal player in the fight to meet workforce development needs through their offerings of Career Technical Education (CTE) courses. So doing, community colleges play a key role as a developer of human…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Achievement, Postsecondary Education, Technical Education
Lisa Lee; James R. Neumeister; Cynthia Simko; Ann Kearns Davoren – NORC at the University of Chicago, 2020
Despite the expansion in the number of career programs outside of traditional higher education in recent years, little is known about the range of programs offered and their long-term value. This research examines the variety of training programs that adult workers participate in and examines the experiences and outcomes associated with this…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Nontraditional Education, Academic Degrees, Validity
Beer, Allison; Bray, Jacob B. – Association of Community College Trustees, 2019
How can community colleges support students' goals of finding success in the workforce, both today and the future? This issue brief builds upon the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) previously published report "Partnerships for a Future-Ready Workforce" (2018) (ED605153). This brief is the first in a four-part series that…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Part Time Students
Vaughan, Karen – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2012
This paper is an initial exploration of the integration of work and learning and is intended to inform NZCER's Learning at Work research programme. It shows how the traditional separation between work and learning is being challenged and looks at what that means for education professionals, institutions and programmes. The paper considers the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Lifelong Learning