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- Building Effective Green Energy Programs in Community Colleges
- may 2010
- This report looks at the promise vs the reality of "green" job training and development.
- Community College of Rhode Island: Building a 21st Century Workforce
- April 2010
- Containing the recommendations of the CCRI 21st Century Workforce Commission to the Rhode Island Governor and General Assembly, this report provides a blueprint for creating a workforce for today’s knowledge-based economy.
- Effective Employer Engagement: The Year Up Model
- November 2009
- With an eye toward informing the larger workforce development field, WSC examines the Year Up program in this second in a series of studies on how successful programs engage employers in the education and training of young adults.
- Employers, Low-Income Young Adults, and Postsecondary Credentials: A Practical Typology for Business, Education, and Community Leaders
- October 2009
- This report highlights programs in 14 communities that are successfully addressing the challenge of providing disadvantaged young adults with the technical and postsecondary education that may qualify them for skilled positions.
- Career-Focused Services for Students with Disabilities at Community Colleges
- March 2009
- This case study report examines the efforts of community colleges to function as intermediaries in meeting the local workforce development needs of employers and promoting career opportunities and job attainment for students, including those with disabilities.
- Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative: Progress Report of Activities and Outcomes during Program Year Three
- March 2009
- This report summarizes the activities and descriptive statistics from the third year of the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (CPI).
- Seven Steps for States and Regions to Prepare for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- March 2009
- Seven steps states and regions can take to determine how to use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to stimulate their economies.
- Virginia's Career Pathways Strategic Plan
- December 2008
- This strategic plan details the Commonwealth of Virginia's blueprint for developing, implementing and sustaining its statewide career pathways system.
- Media Brief: Workforce Development Policy and the 2008 Presidential Election
- June 2008
- This media brief summarizes the need for a national workforce development policy, highlights several successful efforts to align education, workforce development and economic development systems, and outlines the proposals of the presidential candidates to date as they relate to workforce development.
- Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative: Progress Report of Activities and Outcomes during Program Year Two
- February 2008
- This report summarizes the activities and descriptive statistics from the second year of the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (CPI).
- Career Pathways: A Strategy for Transforming America's Workforce Education Systems To Support Economic Growth
- August 2007
- This article, published by the Education Commission of the States, briefly summarizes four of WSC's major publications.
- Aligning Training and Education Systems with the Global Marketplace
- July 2007
- This article, published by the League for Innovation in the Community College, discusses the shortcomings of our nation's education system and the potential of career pathways to address these problems.
- Working Together: Aligning State Systems and Policies for Individual and Regional Prosperity
- December 2006
- The final publication of the 2006 Pathways to Competitiveness series, this report defines concrete ways that state policymakers can align state policies and resources to support worker advancement and economic growth.
- The Career Pathways How-To Guide
- October 2006
- The second report in the 2006 Pathways to Competitiveness series, this report provides step-by-step instructions for building career pathways on the regional level and discusses how state-level officials can support regional efforts.
- Career Pathways: Aligning Public Resources to Support Individual and Regional Economic Advancement in the Knowledge Economy
- August 2006
- The first of three reports in the 2006 Pathways to Competitiveness series, this white paper lays out the definition, economic justification, process and potential of the career pathways approach.
- Strength In Partnership: Building a New Approach to Workforce Development in New York City
- June 2006
- This report discusses the innovative collaboration of the New York Information Technology Career Ladders Consortium in New York City, and describes the key lessons learned.
- Survey on Information Technology Employment in Non-Information Technology Companies
- June 2006
- This report summarizes the findings from a survey on employment and skill trends for IT jobs in New York City that are outside the IT industry.
- Steps for Evaluating (And Continuously Improving) Career Pathways Programs
- December 2005
- This document recommends steps for evaluating and continuously improving career pathways programs.
- Greater Capital Region Career Pathways Initiative
- December 2005
- This case study documents the activities of the Greater Capital Region Career Pathways Initiative, a partnership to develop regional, demand driven career pathways for the biotechnology sector in and around Albany, NY.
- Building Community College/CBO Partnerships
- March 2005
- This report describes a key feature of career pathways – partnerships among community colleges and community-based organizations – and illustrates some of the most promising examples of those partnerships through five case studies from throughout the country.
- Using Resources Effectively: An Overview of Funding Resources for Workforce Development Initiatives
- November 2004
- This brief introduces ways to effectively combine public resources in order to fund career pathways strategies.
- Bridge Program Planning Guide
- May 2004
- This guide lays out important questions to answer when planning bridge programs for adults who do not have the basic skills needed to enter directly into postsecondary training.
- CUNY on the Job
- April 2004
- This 2004 report, created in partnership with the Center for an Urban Future, offers a comprehensive review of CUNY's current workforce efforts.
- Building Bridges to College and Careers: Contextualized Basic Skills Programs at Community Colleges
- January 2003
- This report examines and draws lessons from the case studies of five community colleges around the country that created bridge programs to college and careers for disadvantaged adults.
- Rebuilding Job Training from the Ground Up: Workforce System Reform After 9/11
- August 2002
- This report, created in partnership with the Center for an Urban Future, evaluates the changes and progress made in New York City’s job policies post 9/11.
- Building a Career Pathways System: Promising Practices in Community College-Centered Workforce Development
- August 2002
- This report describes how community colleges can implement career pathways, the process of building partnerships with local and regional institutions, and how states can initiate and support the career pathways model.
- Executive Summary - Building a Career Pathways System: Promising Practices in Community College-Centered Workforce Development
- August 2002
- This report is a summary of "Building a Career Pathways System: Promising Practices in Community College-Centered Workforce Development," which describes promising practices in career pathways development at community colleges.
- Workforce Development: Issues and Opportunities
- July 2001
- This 2001 report outlines the context, need and potential for adopting career pathways in California.
- Opportunities for Expanding College Bridge Programs for At-Risk and Out-of-School Youth
- June 2000
- This 2000 report discusses the possibilities of using existing state education dollars to fund bridge programs to college for out of school youth.
- Promising Practices: School to Career and Postsecondary Education for Foster Care Youth
- March 2000
- This report identifies promising practices and programs in preparing foster care youth for career opportunities and economic self-sufficiency.