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Download full textBragg, Debra D.; Townsend, Barbara K.; Ruud, Collin M. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
In the nation's changing economy, there is an increasing necessity for baccalaureate level education for jobs that have never before required that level of education. One potential solution to issues related to baccalaureate attainment and workforce development is the applied baccalaureate degree. Applied baccalaureate degrees have arisen from a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Officials, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Baber, Lorenzo DuBois; Barrientos, Jessica I.; Bragg, Debra D.; Castro, Erin; Khan, Sadya – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
Rising remediation rates among college students are leading to increased time for completion of degree, additional costs for students and colleges, and financial aid being used on courses that do not count towards a degree. In response to these issues, in 2007 the state of Illinois passed the College and Career Readiness Act, Public Act 095-0694,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation
Bragg, Debra D.; Barnett, Elisabeth – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
The Breaking Through (BT) initiative promotes an expanded and enhanced role for community colleges in providing access to college for low-skilled adults. BT is uniquely important in its systematic integration of adult education, developmental/remedial education, professional-technical education (PTE), and career planning and preparation in…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Colleges, Student Participation, Adult Basic Education
Bragg, Debra D.; Barnett, Elisabeth A. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2008
The Breaking Through (BT) initiative of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation seeks to prepare low-skilled adults, adult learners who are below college-level in reading, writing and/or mathematics, often lacking a high school diploma, and frequently low-income, to be successful in college and the labor market by strengthening and expanding policies…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Community Colleges, Adult Basic Education, Labor Market
Townsend, Barbara K.; Bragg, Debra D.; Ruud, Collin M. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2008
Without appropriate education, American workers are hampered in their ability to have the requisite technical skills needed to participate fully and effectively in the modern workforce. Higher education as a system must develop programs and infrastructures that ensure adult learners receive postsecondary education, including at the baccalaureate…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Education Work Relationship
Williams, J. Mark; Bragg, Debra D.; Makela, Julia Panke – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2008
This report summarizes major findings and recommendations of the Illinois Career Development Task Force. The first section provides background information on Task Force formation, membership, meetings, and discussion topics. The second section defines career development, based on the consensus-building process employed by the Task Force, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Program Effectiveness, Transitional Programs, Coordination
Bragg, Debra D.; Ruud, Collin M. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2007
This brief summarizes results of a recently published study that examined the effects of career and technical education (CTE) transition programs on student matriculation from secondary to postsecondary education. The study was divided into two components. One focused on secondary institutions' CTE transition programs and their effects on…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Transitional Programs, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
