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| Autor/inn/en | Endel, Barbara; Anderson, Nate |
|---|---|
| Institution | Jobs for the Future |
| Titel | Achieving Ambitious Goals: Case Studies of Scaling-Up Programs for Advancing Low-Skilled Adults |
| Quelle | (2011), (56 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Credentials; Community Colleges; Measures (Individuals); Program Effectiveness; Organizational Change; Access to Education; Academic Persistence; Grants; Case Studies; Skill Development; Job Skills; Kentucky; Michigan; North Carolina; Washington |
| Abstract | A college credential is essential for individuals seeking to earn family-supporting wages. However, over 90 million Americans face considerable barriers in obtaining the basic academic skills necessary to enroll in college-level courses. Research, combined with the challenges experienced daily by those in the workforce development field, has led individuals to expect--and even accept--that nothing will change this situation for a large proportion of millions of men and women. Attaining significantly better outcomes requires transformations in policy and in practice, but it begins with a commitment: to believe in and support the advancement of low-skilled, low-literacy students to and through college-credential programs. That is what "Breaking Through" set out to do when Jobs for the Future and the National Council for Workforce Education launched the initiative in 2004. Transformational change begins with an institutional affirmation to help all students enter and succeed in college, especially those with the most need. In 2009, five community colleges received $40,000 grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to scale up their "Breaking Through" programs. The case studies in this report were prepared for practitioners, policymakers, foundation staff members, and others interested in strategies to advance low-skilled adults to increasingly higher levels of learning. The case studies illustrate how "Breaking Through" promotes scale and impact along a number of fronts, using data to stimulate institutional change and ensure that students progress along their pathways toward credentials or degrees. "Breaking Through" colleges commit to collecting data on several core indicators and to taking part in comparison-group analyses in order to measure impact. [This paper was written with Jeremy Kelley.] (ERIC). |
| Anmerkungen | Jobs for the Future. 88 Broad Street 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. Tel: 617-728-4446; Fax: 617-728-4857; e-mail: info@jff.org; Web site: http://www.jff.org |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2017/4/10 |
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