Leigh, Duane E.

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.


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California Community Colleges.


Community colleges--Curricula--California.
Vocational education--California.
Foreign workers--California.
Labor market--California.


Electronic books.

LB2361.6.C2 / L45 2007eb

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