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Skills Gap

Crafting a Student-Centered Transfer Process in California: Lessons from Other States

by Colleen Moore and Nancy Shulock | Aug 2009 | College and Career Readiness and Success, Reports and Briefs, State and System Policy

his report tackles the difficult challenge of making transfer more comprehensible and less frustrating for California’s community college students. The study examines transfer policies of eight states, identifies some key dimensions of emerging policies, and offers recommendations for more student-centered transfer policies that would increase transfer success.

Technical Difficulties: Meeting California’s Workforce Needs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Fields

by Jeremy Offenstein and Nancy Shulock | Jun 2009 | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Readiness and Success, Reports and Briefs, State and System Policy

This report draws attention to California’s looming shortage of educated workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, as the demand for such workers increases and the state is producing too few graduates to meet the demand. The report offers recommendations to meet workforce needs and maintain the economic benefits that have resulted from the state’s historical strength in STEM employment.