Community Colleges and Career Qualifications. New Expeditions: Charting the Second Century of Community Colleges. Issues Paper No. 11.

Autor/in	Carnevale, Anthony P.
Institution	American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC.; Association of Community Coll. Trustees, Annandale, VA.
Titel	Community Colleges and Career Qualifications. New Expeditions: Charting the Second Century of Community Colleges. Issues Paper No. 11.
Quelle	(2000), (25 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Education Work Relationship; Educational Demand; Educational Economics; Employment Opportunities; Employment Qualifications; Institutional Role; Labor Force Development; Outcomes of Education; Skill Development; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Bildungsökonomie; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Arbeitskräftebestand; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	This document discusses community colleges and career qualifications. Community colleges have a dual challenge in responding to the new economy. First, they will need to play their part in educating and training the workforce that employers need to meet new competitive standards for cost efficiency, quality, variety, customization, convenience, and speed. Second, community colleges will need to meet these same new competitive requirements themselves. Because of their unique flexibility and responsiveness, there is reason for optimism that community colleges will meet these new standards. This paper examines historical trends in the labor market, and identifies five crucial roles that community colleges have to play in the new economy and the new multicultural America. It then looks at projections for future market changes by exploring education and economic opportunity, and the impact of various levels of education on individual earning potential: education and earnings; the value of associate's degrees, some college, and bachelor's degrees; elite jobs, good jobs, and less-skilled jobs; the educational domino effect; the growing importance of nonacademic skills; where the jobs are (i.e., low-wage service jobs, factory jobs, high-tech jobs, education and healthcare jobs, and office jobs); and the community college role in the new economy. Two tables and 18 figures are used to illustrate these points. (VWC)
Anmerkungen	Community College Press, P.O. Box 311, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0311. Tel: 800-250-6557 (Toll Free). For full text: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/newexpeditions/White Papers/ marketwhite.htm.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01