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Provides recommendations for workforce boards and community colleges that work in partnership to develop industry-aligned credentials and career pathways for unemployed and underemployed individuals, based on lessons learned from U.S. Department...

Describes the state of apprenticeships in the nation, discusses the difference between the United States and European models of apprenticeship, and defines the obstacles facing community colleges in in implementing apprenticeship training programs.

Community college students who enroll in summer courses are more likely to graduate, but most do not attend during the summer. The Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment (EASE) project uses insights from behavioral science to encourage more...

This toolkit, created by Brookings Institute, offers practical advice on how community college leaders can take a deliberate approach to communication with potential partners in their community, including local businesses and industry leaders.

Profiles four promising best practices from California Community Based Organizations that link disconnected youth to education and work opportunities, and illustrates how these organizations can be a model for similar work elsewhere.

Offers examples of promising partnerships between community colleges and employers and provides recommendations about how such partnerships can be cultivated.

Community college students who enroll in summer courses are more likely to graduate, but most do not attend during the summer. The Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment (EASE) project uses insights from behavioral science to encourage more...

MDRC’s Scaling Up Community College Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS) aims to increase graduation rates for low-income students and students of color by partnering with states and colleges to implement large-scale, financially sustainable...

This report examines the structural divide between for-credit and noncredit postsecondary education and the problems it presents for people seeking better jobs with higher pay.

CLASP shares this brief to support state policy leaders in holistically addressing college affordability, this brief provides an overview of the public benefit programs most relevant to students with low incomes and identifies how states can...