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Monique Anair – ProQuest LLC, 2024
An estimated five million Americans participate in non-credit college and university classes annually. The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) does not require the reporting of non-credit student postsecondary enrollment, which means there is a lack of data about non-credit higher education. This qualitative case study provides…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Noncredit Courses, Minicourses, On the Job Training
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Carnevale, Anthony; Smith, Nicole – Community College Journal, 2013
At this moment, roughly 12 million Americans are unable to find work, with more than 40 percent of that number unemployed for six months or more. At the same time, current estimates put the number of job vacancies in this country at 3 million per month. The most popular explanation for this apparent paradox, the one put forth by former President…
Descriptors: College Role, Job Skills, Labor Market, Community Colleges
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Carroll, Rhonda; Kersh, Lily; Sullivan, Ellen; Fincher, Mark – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This paper examines the origins of developmental education and explores the way developmental education is administered at selected colleges in Arkansas. Finally, the paper focuses on a model Career Pathways Initiative program at University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton. Career Pathways invigorates partnerships between colleges and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Low Income, One Parent Family, Program Descriptions