press release Online Courses in Community Colleges See Major Growth—But Student Success Rates Lag May 14, 2014
blog post Evaluating Student Success at the City College of San Francisco By Hans Johnson Mar 3, 2014 By most measures, San Francisco City College fares well relative to other community colleges in California.
press release Amid Concerns About Budget Cuts, Most Say Higher Education System Heading in Wrong Direction Nov 16, 2011
Report The Effects of School-to-Career Programs on Postsecondary Enrollment and Employment By David Neumark May 19, 2004 School-to-career (STC) programs, which integrate academic education and vocational skills training, seek to improve the transitions of young people from school to work. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA), passed by Congress in 1994, provided more than $1.5 billion over a five-year period to support increased school-to-work activities in the nation’s public high schools. However, after its initial five years, STWOA was not reauthorized. In this report, the author uses a national dataset to measure the success of various programs (including Tech Prep and Career Academies, which differ from the STWOA activities). He finds that certain STC activities do promote postsecondary enrollment and employment and that a case can be made for funding the types of programs supported by STWOA. However, he also notes that there is a pressing need for a serious evaluation of the effectiveness of the specific activities remaining in California and of any that might arise in the future.