Improving Workforce Readiness Skills among College Adult Learners through New Technologies: Lessons from Two Schools

• Authors : Haviland, Sara B.; Robbins, Steven; Belur, Vinetha

Subjects: Career Readiness; Job Skills; Soft Skills

• Source: Metropolitan Universities, v32 n1 p35-53 Mar 2021.

• Abstract: Employers report struggles to find work-ready candidates who possess a desired combination of job-specific technical, general math and reading, and social and behavioral skills. As Provided

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Providing Support for Community Colleges Now, and a Lever for Transformative Change. Google IT Support Professional Certificate Program

• Authors : Ostrye, Mary; Rankin, Bruce; Jacobs, Jim

Subjects: Community Colleges; Educational Certificates; Technical Support

• Source: Jobs for the Future.

• Abstract: Community colleges are not immune to the challenges faced by the education sector as they try to continue providing quality learning ... ERIC

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TAACCCT-ical Assessment: Looking Back on Prior Projects to Move Forward

• Authors : Pierce, Dennis

Subjects: Community Colleges; Grants; Federal Programs

• Source: Community College Journal, v92 n3 p24-29 Dec 2021-Jan 2022.

• Abstract: The federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant program, which provided nearly $2 billion over four years to help ... ERIC

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Collaboration in Online Learning and Simulation: Lessons for Community Colleges

• Authors : Palmer, Iris; Love, Ivy

Subjects: Community Colleges; Electronic Learning; Intercollegiate CooperationNew Mexico; Missouri; Kentucky

• Source: New America.

• Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented wave of challenges for students, faculty, and staff. In March 2020, a thousand community colleges ... As Provided

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Promoting the Value of Career Education Programs

• Authors : Howell, David; Serignese, Maryanne; Anderson, Shawn

Subjects: Vocational Education; Educational Benefits; Competency Based EducationVirginia

• Source: Inquiry, v22 n1 Article 10 Jul 2019.

• Abstract: 12.5 million secondary and postsecondary students are currently enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in the United States ("Career," 2019). CTE programs provide students with ... As Provided

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Supporting College Enrollees Who Test at the Lowest Levels of Readiness: Lessons from Texas Community Colleges

• Authors : Daugherty, Lindsay; Miller, Trey; Gehlhaus Carew, Diana

Subjects: Community Colleges; Two Year College Students; Placement TestsTexas

• Source: Grantee Submission.

• Abstract: RAND partnered with Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and American Institutes for Research to support the state's developmental education reform efforts through a combination of ... As Provided

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Accelerating Pathways to Careers: For Adult Learners

Subjects: Adult Students; Acceleration (Education); Vocational EducationRhode Island; Colorado; Louisiana

• Source: Jobs for the Future.

• Abstract: This brief highlights examples of career pathway models funded by TAACCCT [Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training] that were designed for adult students ... As Provided

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Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge. Position Paper. Revised Spring 2019

Subjects: Community Colleges; Noncredit Courses; Educational FinanceCalifornia

• Source: Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.

• Abstract: This paper provides information about noncredit instruction in the California Community Colleges and updates the 2009 paper "Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge" ... As Provided

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Equity through Innovation in Teaching and Learning: A Student-Centered Approach to Systemwide Implementation of Direct Assessment CBE

• Authors : Lowe, Aisha; Leal-Carrillo, Nadia; Guiney, Chantee

Subjects: Community Colleges; Competency Based Education; Equal EducationCalifornia

• Source: Journal of Competency-Based Education, v6 n1 e1237 Mar 2021.

• Abstract: The California Community Colleges (CCC) system has adopted an equity-imperative approach to systemic reforms. As part of this effort, and to ... As Provided

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Partnerships for a Future-Ready Workforce

• Authors : Beer, Allison; Bray, Jacob; Calloway, Marcia

Subjects: Futures (of Society); Labor Force Development; Community CollegesSouth Carolina; Washington; Arizona

• Source: Association of Community College Trustees.

• Abstract: Community colleges and businesses have a shared interest in preparing students and existing workers to be successful in their careers. ERIC

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