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Download full textRockey, Marci; Fox, Heather L.; Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2018
The Reverse Transfer Illinois project was an exploratory study of the implementation of reverse transfer in the state of Illinois. This article serves as an executive summary for the study, highlighting the primary findings from the study. These findings draw on interview and survey data from 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions engaged in…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Program Implementation, Community Colleges, Barriers
Kamps, A.; Loritz, T.; Schaff, E.; Richie, D. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
"Making the Future: The Wisconsin Strategy," under the leadership of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), received a Round Two U.S. Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance for Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant. The consortium brought together all 16 colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System…
Descriptors: Models, College Credits, Prior Learning, Community Colleges
Mikulka, D.; Remy, K.; Smith, C.; Fox, H. L. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
In 2011, Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas was awarded a $19.6 million Round 1 TAACCCT grant through the Department of Labor to provide industry-relevant, hands-on training for high-demand, high-wage careers. The consortium, Technical Retraining to Achieve Credentials (TRAC-7), was led by Washburn University, and included seven Kansas…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Veterans Education, Transitional Programs, Partnerships in Education
Rockey, Marci – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
Rend Lake College (RLC) has participated in several Pathways to Results (PTR) projects over the last five years. The PTR model has been an essential tool to drive evidence-based changes throughout the College. In 2015, RLC used the PTR Model to evaluate institutional processes related to the Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, School Holding Power, Program Implementation
Bragg, D. D. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
Several federal grants prioritized the role of community colleges in education and training in recent years, and one of the most substantial investments was the Trade Adjustment Act Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program of the United States Department of Labor (DOL). Beginning October 2011, these $2 billion capacity-building…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Aerospace Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Graham, Edmund; McCambly, Heather – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
One of the driving forces behind the design of the Pathways to Results (PTR) initiative is to dismantle and redesign systems to produce equitable outcomes. This notion of systems producing the exact outcomes for which they were designed can also be applied to the Pathways to Results methodology itself. After five years of leading PTR initiatives…
Descriptors: Interviews, Focus Groups, Teamwork, Partnerships in Education
Kirby, C. L. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
Several federal grants prioritized the role of community colleges in education and training in recent years, and one of the most substantial investments was the Trade Adjustment Act Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program of the United States Department of Labor (DOL). Beginning October 2011, these $2 billion capacity-building…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grants, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Kalchik, Stephanie; Oertle, Kathleen Marie – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2011
Emerging in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the concept of individual student planning developed as a component of school guidance counseling programs. The underlying significance of these plans, such as the Individual Career Plan (ICP), is that "it gives [students] a chance to tell and develop their story" (N. Gysbers, personal communication,…
Descriptors: Guidance Programs, Goal Orientation, School Counseling, High Schools
Kalchik, Stephanie; Oertle, Kathleen – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2010
According to Sears (1982), career development is "the total constellation of economic, sociological, psychological, educational, physical, and chance factors that combine to shape one's career." This definition was advanced by the Illinois Career Development Task Force that engaged in more than a year of deliberation. Career development…
Descriptors: National Standards, Career Development, Program Evaluation, Program Descriptions
Harmon, Timothy; Rodriguez, Julio – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
The extent to which funds under the Title I of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) should be expended on training services has been a topic of discussion by Congress, which is considering reauthorization of WIA. This paper describes a policy initiative by Illinois that requires Local Workforce Investment Areas (LWIAs) under Title I of WIA to expend…
Descriptors: Job Training, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Jankowski, Natasha A.; Kirby, Catherine L.; Bragg, Debra D.; Taylor, Jason L.; Oertle, Kathleen M. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
This booklet provides information to multiple stakeholders on the implementation of career clusters in Illinois. The booklet is an extension of the previous edition titled "An Introduction to Illinois CTE Programs of Study" (2008), and provides a resource for partners to understand Illinois' Career Cluster Model as its own adaptation of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Development, Partnerships in Education, Program Implementation
Taylor, Jason L.; Kirby, Catherine L., Bragg, Debra D.; Oertle, Kathleen M.; Jankowski, Natasha A.; Khan, Sadya S. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
This guide begins with background information useful to understanding Illinois' framework for implementation and evaluation of Programs of Study. It starts with a visual depiction of the relationships between activity at the federal, state and local levels that evolved to the creation of Illinois' Career Cluster Model. This Model, which is based…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
Bragg, Debra D.; Kirby, Catherine; Zhu, Rongchun – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2006
This report is the summary of key aspects of Tech Prep in Illinois over the five year period of 2001-2005 during which all Tech Prep consortia provided annual data based on federal legislative requirements and state-determined essential elements of successful programs. These annual Tech Prep reports enable local educators to monitor student…
Descriptors: Tech Prep, Consortia, Outcomes of Education, High Schools
