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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1143306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 10
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How Community Colleges Are Closing the Skills Gap through CTE and STEM Funding Innovations
Lowry, Kimberly; Thomas-Anderson, Tricia
New Directions for Community Colleges, n178 p45-54 Sum 2017
This chapter summarizes funding trends to support career and technical education (CTE) and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs at community colleges compared to funding for similar programs at 4-year colleges and universities. Examples of intramural and extramural funding strategies as well as lessons learned and implications of funding innovations are shared focusing on STEM and CTE programs.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, STEM Education, Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Funding Formulas, Vocational Directors, Educational Finance, Finance Reform, Educational Innovation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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