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Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs? Evidence from California

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  • Duane E. Leigh

    (Washington State University)

  • Andrew M. Gill

    (California State University-Fullerton)

Abstract

Leigh and Gill measure the responsiveness of community colleges in California to the needs of employers and residents.

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  • Duane E. Leigh & Andrew M. Gill, 2007. "Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs? Evidence from California," Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, number dcc.
    • Handle: RePEc:upj:ubooks:dcc
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    Cited by:

    1. Robert W. Fairlie & Samantha H. Grunberg, 2014. "Access To Technology And The Transfer Function Of Community Colleges: Evidence From A Field Experiment," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 52(3), pages 1040-1059, July.
    2. Bridget Terry Long & Michal Kurlaender, 2008. "Do Community Colleges provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?," NBER Working Papers 14367, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Robert W. Fairlie & Rebecca A. London, 2012. "The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Community College Students," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 122(561), pages 727-753, June.
    4. Fairlie, Robert W. & Bahr, Peter Riley, 2018. "The effects of computers and acquired skills on earnings, employment and college enrollment: Evidence from a field experiment and California UI earnings records," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 51-63.
    5. Paul Osterman & Andrew Weaver, 2016. "Community Colleges and Employers: How Can We Understand their Connection?," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(4), pages 523-545, October.
    6. Gill, Andrew M. & Leigh, Duane E., 2009. "Differences in community colleges' missions: Evidence from California," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 74-79, February.

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    Keywords

    community colleges; minorities; employers; job training;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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