TY - BOOK AU - Leigh,Duane E. AU - Gill,Andrew M. ED - Project Muse. TI - Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs? : : Evidence from California / SN - 9780880994651 PY - 2007/// CY - Kalamazoo, Mich. PB - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research KW - California Community Colleges KW - fast KW - Vocational education KW - Labor market KW - Community colleges KW - Curricula KW - Marche du travail KW - Californie KW - Enseignement professionnel KW - Colleges communautaires KW - Programmes d'etudes KW - California KW - Immigrants KW - Employment KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Introduction --; Development of the California community college system --; Studies of the effect of community colleges on educational attainment --; Studies of community colleges' responsiveness to changes in employer skill requirements --; Responsiveness to the educational needs of immigrants by broad categories of race or ethnicity --; Responsiveness to the education needs of immigrants by narrowly defined ethnic categories --; Community colleges' responsiveness to local labor market demand --; Summary and policy implications --; Appendix A: data sources --; References; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/17787/ ER -