Are Career And Technical Education Programs At California Community Colleges Aligned With Local Labor Markets
DOWNLOAD
Download Are Career And Technical Education Programs At California Community Colleges Aligned With Local Labor Markets PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Are Career And Technical Education Programs At California Community Colleges Aligned With Local Labor Markets book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Are Career And Technical Education Programs At California Community Colleges Aligned With Local Labor Markets
DOWNLOAD
Author : Eric Joseph Chisholm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Are Career And Technical Education Programs At California Community Colleges Aligned With Local Labor Markets written by Eric Joseph Chisholm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Career and technical education offered at community colleges has taken on renewed importance as America's economy tries to recover from the recession that began in 2007. Labor market projections show that middle skill jobs will be among the fastest growing categories of employment over the next decade, and because community colleges are the primary provider of trained workers for this classification they have become critical to America and California's economic future. For California's economy and its students to receive the full possible return from career and technical education, programs must align with local labor markets so that students are able to quickly and efficiently move from the classroom to the workforce. I collected data for student awards and program offerings from the California Community College Chancellor's Office website to match against past occupational growth and occupational projections from California's Economic Development Department. In order to test how well aligned CTE and local labor markets are, the data was matched for each Metropolitan Statistical Area and analyzed using an index of dissimilarity. An index of dissimilarity is a statistical tool used to calculate the difference between two percentage distributions, in this case, between job growth and awards and offerings. The result of an index of dissimilarity is a percentage representing the misalignment between CTE and local labor markets. Data on awards and offerings were analyzed separately with both job growth from 2007-2010 and future projections, giving my study four separate questions. The average index of dissimilarity across all four questions was 50.4 percent, meaning that statewide 50.4 percent of all awards and programs were misaligned with local labor markets. The four questions show great similarity in regards to the statewide averages, with a range of only 1.7 percent. Metropolitan Statistical Areas with only a single campus, as opposed to those served by multiple community colleges, had consistently higher indexes. My thesis highlights the need for further research on community colleges and their alignment with local labor markets, and provides results that are an ideal starting point for future study.
Historical Critique Of Career And Technical Education In California
DOWNLOAD
Author : Henry O'Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: Informing Science
Release Date : 2013
Historical Critique Of Career And Technical Education In California written by Henry O'Lawrence and has been published by Informing Science this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Community colleges categories.
This book provides the reader with an overview of the evolution of career and technical education in California over the 20th century and some insight as to its strengths and weaknesses as well as the challenges it faces in the new millennium. This book delves into why career and technical education/vocational education are so important and needed in California’s public schools. Among the things it looks at are “What is vocational education?” “What are the benefits of vocational education, and in particular, to the student?” and “Why does California need vocational education?” Section one of this book discusses the historical foundation of career and technical education in California starting from the beginning of 1900 to 2000. Section two contains research on the 21st century workforce and the community college’s CTE programs and role in the economy. This book provides a forum and voice for scholars in California. It allows us to learn and understand how career and technical education was viewed at the beginning of its foundation, its curriculum, and its impact on the California labor force today. It also looks at the labor market disadvantages we are facing due to lack of proper structures in the CTE programs across the State.
Career Technical Education And Labor Market Outcomes
DOWNLOAD
Author : Ann Huff Stevens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Career Technical Education And Labor Market Outcomes written by Ann Huff Stevens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Community colleges categories.
Career technical education (CTE) programs at community colleges are increasingly seen as an attractive alternative to four-year colleges, yet little systematic evidence exists on the returns to specific certificates and degrees. We estimate returns to CTE programs using administrative data from the California Community College system linked to earnings records. We employ estimation approaches including individual fixed effects and individual-specific trends, and find average returns to CTE certificate and degrees that range from 14 to 45 percent. The largest returns are for programs in the healthcare sector; estimated returns in non-health related programs range from 15 to 23 percent.
Career Technical Education Enhancement Fund Report
DOWNLOAD
Author : California Community Colleges. Chancellor's Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Career Technical Education Enhancement Fund Report written by California Community Colleges. Chancellor's Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The California Community Colleges serve more than 2.1 million students and is the largest system of higher education in the nation. The state's 112 colleges provide workforce training, teach basic math and English, and prepare students for transfer to four-year universities and colleges. Senate Bill 852 established the Career Technical Education (CTE) Enhancement Fund, which allocated $50 million in the 2014- 15 budget year to expand, enhance, and improve upon CTE programs statewide. This funding was designed to help community college CTE programs purchase equipment, align and develop curriculum, and provide professional development training to better meet the employment needs of the regional economy in each of seven macro-economic regions. The chancellor of the California Community Colleges distributed funds to the districts designated as fiscal agents according to a formula that factored in CTE full-time students, all full-time students, and the number of colleges in each region. This one-time award created opportunities for community colleges to collaborate with each other and industry representatives in seven different macro-economic regions. This collaboration allowed the community colleges to better address the ongoing challenges of providing high quality CTE programs. By providing high quality CTE education, California community colleges can help address the skills gap. More than 30 percent of jobs in the seven macro-economic regions will require a postsecondary education credential, certificate or associate degree. Likewise, students need the opportunity to earn credentials and advance their skills in order to find high-wage employment. Increased education leads to higher wages for workers and greater prosperity for the region. The full cost of CTE, however, exceeds apportionment funding. While the CTE Enhancement Fund in the 2014-15 budget went a long way toward helping community colleges by funding much-needed equipment upgrades and professional development, these additional costs are ongoing. Continuing to provide money in future state budgets for the CTE Enhancement Fund will help thousands of CTE students to achieve their academic goals and find jobs and provide new skills to incumbent workers. Moreover, the investment in regional collaboration through intensive comparison of current CTE courses and programs to labor market needs is the most effective way to address the high cost of CTE programs.
Career Opportunities
DOWNLOAD
Author : Nancy Shulock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Career Opportunities written by Nancy Shulock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Career education categories.
Career Opportunities
DOWNLOAD
Author : Nancy Shulock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Career Opportunities written by Nancy Shulock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
California's community colleges are key to resolving the shortage of educated workers that is threatening the competitive position of the state's economy. Tremendous potential for addressing this challenge resides in the system's career technical education (CTE) mission which, with appropriate structures and support, could help many more students earn credentials with value in the workplace. In two previous installments of a four-part series of reports titled Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda, we concluded that the CTE mission in the California Community Colleges is not organized and supported optimally to produce the outcomes that the state needs. CTE is fragmented, lacks sufficient stable funding, and is not well integrated into the core of the college system. The extensive program offerings are not well targeted to labor market needs, resulting in an inefficient use of resources. The lack of common standards across similar programs devalues the credentials awarded by the system because employers are uncertain of the knowledge and skills possessed by students who attain the credentials. Students are given too little encouragement and guidance to find their way into and through CTE programs. This report, Part III of the series, examines policies and practices in other states that might offer helpful lessons for shaping CTE in California's community colleges to better meet student and employer needs. It provides brief examples (with endnotes that point readers to additional information) in the following five policy areas: (1) Determining What Degree and Certificate Programs to Offer; (2) Curriculum Structure and Delivery; (3) High School--Community College--Workplace Pathways; (4) Financing CTE--College and Student Costs; and (5) Accountability. Appended to the report is: Some Reports on Highlighted State Policies and Notes. [For related reports, see "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Policy Brief" (ED534075); "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Part I: Structure and Funding of Career Technical Education in the California Community Colleges" (ED534073); "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Part II: Inventory and Analysis of CTE Programs in the California Community Colleges" (ED534074); and "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Part IV: Aligning Policy with Mission for Better Outcomes" (ED574502).].
Career Opportunities
DOWNLOAD
Author : Colleen Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Career Opportunities written by Colleen Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
The Obama Administration has once again demonstrated the important role community colleges play in educating the nation's workforce and boosting the nation's economy with its recently proposed Community College to Career Fund. This $8 billion fund is aimed at forging partnerships between colleges and businesses to train workers for good-paying jobs in high-demand fields. To be positioned to benefit from this and other potential opportunities, the California Community Colleges (CCC) should accelerate efforts to strengthen and streamline career technical education (CTE). The authors' research reveals a potential for much greater value to be realized from the CTE mission area. Despite healthy course enrollments and credit accumulation in vocational coursework, only a small percentage of students earn certificates or vocational associate degrees. The colleges collectively offer a vast array of CTE programs that their research tells could be better shaped to meet student and employer needs. As a follow up to their February 2011 report, "The Road Less Traveled," the authors have embarked on a four-part project to examine the status of the CTE mission area of the California Community Colleges and ultimately to identify ways that state and system policy can best support colleges in operating CTE programs that meet the needs of students and their regions. The first report, released January 2012, concluded that fragmented and complex organizational structures and funding arrangements preclude development of a coherent systemwide strategy for CTE. For this second report, the authors examine the full set of career-oriented credentials offered by the CCC. They inventory CTE programs across the system and analyze program information as a basis for understanding how the breadth and complexity of CTE programming within and across colleges contributes to the overall performance of CTE. They also strive to determine how well the CTE programs offered across the system are meeting students' needs to identify, enroll in, and complete programs with real value in today's labor market. Regional Consortia for the California Community Colleges are appended. (Contains 20 figures and 27 notes.) [For related reports, see "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Policy Brief" (ED534075) and "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Part I: Structure and Funding of Career Technical Education in the California Community Colleges" (ED534073).].
Examining Success In Vocational Education
DOWNLOAD
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Education Reform
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Examining Success In Vocational Education written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Education Reform and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Education categories.
Career Opportunities
DOWNLOAD
Author : Nancy Shulock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Career Opportunities written by Nancy Shulock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
The national college completion agenda is in full swing but the role of "community" colleges in that agenda is under-appreciated. With a large share of projected job openings requiring college education of less than a bachelor's degree and offering family-supporting wages, the nation's community colleges can make a huge contribution toward a competitive national workforce. Community colleges offer a broad array of career-oriented certificates and associate degrees through what is generally called "career technical education" or CTE. Policymakers across the country are hoping to rely heavily on community college CTE programs to recharge their economies. To fulfill this hope, community colleges must tailor their offerings to address labor market needs and must design programs to be accessible and valuable to students with different levels of preparation and at different stages of their careers. Recent high school graduates, under-employed and unemployed adults, incumbent workers looking for career advancement, and college graduates seeking retraining all can benefit from CTE programs that offer clear pathways from shorter-term, entry-level to longer-term, higher-level credentials in their chosen fields. In California, the CTE mission is not realizing its tremendous potential, as the authors explained in their 2011 report "The Road Less Traveled." Students are not widely encouraged to pursue CTE programs and those who do make far more progress in completing course work than they do in acquiring credentials in their fields. This report is the first in a four-part project aimed ultimately at identifying ways that state and system policy can best support California's community colleges in operating CTE programs that meet the needs of their students and regions. Here the authors provide an overview of the complex structure and funding arrangements for the CTE mission and the closely related economic and workforce development (EWD) mission. CTE primarily serves "students" through credit-based programs; EWD primarily serves "employers" by addressing the education and training needs of industries of economic importance to the state and its regions. Their primary interest is in the capacity of community college CTE to deliver education and training that leads to credentials of value to students and employers and contributes to a competitive state workforce. The authors include EWD in their study because of its potential to help shape a workforce-relevant CTE mission. An examination of the full extent of the EWD mission and its role in state workforce development is outside the scope of this project. Appended are: (1) Research Methods and Resources; (2) State Agency Programs With Connection to Community College Workforce and Training Mission; and (3) Principal Community College Workforce and Training Programs. (Contains 7 figures and 29 notes.) [For related reports, see "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Policy Brief" (ED534075) and "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Part II: Inventory and Analysis of CTE Programs in the California Community Colleges" (ED534074).].
California Unemployment Insurance Code 2016
DOWNLOAD
Author : John Snape
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-02-15
California Unemployment Insurance Code 2016 written by John Snape and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-15 with Law categories.
The complete text of the 2016 California Unemployment Insurance Code.