What is Labor Market Information and How can Community Colleges Use It?
Community colleges can use LMI to plan new programs, update current programs, support fundraising, and provide career counseling.
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Building a Better Workforce Community College
New America’s Workforce Transformation Cohort is taking on projects to improve their ability to provide high-quality workforce programs.
Work-Based Learning at Community Colleges: What Do We Know About What Works?
We discuss where we started, what we learned, and where we go from here with work-based learning at community colleges..
What Makes a Good Job for a Community College Student?
We share four key characteristics of students’ current jobs that they valued most.
To Communicate with Adult Students about Work-Based Learning, Lean Into the Classroom
If adults have limited time to learn about work-based learning, what’s a community college to do? The solution might be in the classroom.
Meet The Community Colleges That New America Will Partner With To Understand Child Care Access For Student Parents and Single Mothers
New America will partner with ten community colleges to explore the most effective ways to provide child care to student parents.
Is “Internship” a Bad Word?
Working community college students had strongly negative reactions to the idea of paid work-based learning opportunities.
Announcing the Community College Workforce Transformation & Implementation Cohort
Fifteen community colleges join New America’s learning community and commit to transforming their workforce development missions.