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National Shifts in Adult Basic Education: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Ability to Benefit, and High School Equivalency Tests
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Davidson, J. Cody – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2017
An important aspect of the community college mission is to educate working adults including those without a high school diploma or its equivalent. Three important changes are forcing community colleges to reevaluate how these services and activities are delivered as well as policies that govern this critical work. These shifts provide a new…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Labor Force Development
The Legislative Playing Field: How Public Policy Influences Collaboration
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Bragg, Debra D.; Russman, Maxine L. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
Recognizing that lasting change is possible when organizations form a partnership, public policy increasingly drives active sharing of resources and mutual commitment to accountability and heightened productivity. Legislation that emphasizes aligning and improving the educational system; supporting the transition from high school to college and…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Community Colleges, Educational Cooperation, Institutional Cooperation
Community Colleges and the Workforce Investment Act: Promises and Problems of the New Vocationalism.
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Jacobs, James – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2001
Discusses the implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and its impact on community colleges. Relates WIA to issues of new vocationalism and describes some creative community college programs. (Contains 17 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Community Colleges