Do community colleges respond to local needs? evidence from California / [electronic resource] :
Duane E. Leigh, Andrew M. Gill.
- Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2007.
- xi, 219 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
California Community Colleges.
Community colleges--Curricula--California. Vocational education--California. Foreign workers--California. Labor market--California.