Most Recent Publications

Using Dual Enrollment Policy to Improve College & Career Readiness: A Web Tool for Decision Makers (May 2012)
As demand for a highly educated and skilled workforce grows, many governors have made student college and career readiness a priority in 2012. In their State of... read more
How States Can Accelerate Community College Innovation by Supporting Faculty Leadership (May 2012)
States wrestling with the challenge of increasing community college student completion rates recognize that a critical next step is building support among facul... read more
Better Care, Better Careers: The Jobs to Careers Strategy for Growing a Skilled Health Care Workforce (April 2012)
This report brings together the experience and lessons of this six-year, $15.8 million initiative Jobs to Careers, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati... read more
Vendor Product Review: A Consumer's Guide to Real-time Labor Market Information (April 2012)
In recent years, a small number of private, for-profit software companies have developed real-time labor market information tools to transform job postings data... read more
CareerSTAT: A Guide to Making the Case for Investing in the Frontline Hospital Workforce (April 2012)
This guidebook was prepared for CareerSTAT, an employer-based project to make the case for developing frontline hospital workers. It documents effective practic... read more
The Best of Two Worlds: Lessons from a Community College-Community Organization Collaboration to Increase Student Success (March 2012)
This brief seeks to build understanding of: The needs and strengths of young people who are underrepresented in higher education and who too rarely complete a ... read more
Achieving Success: The Latest News in Promoting Community College Success (March 2012)
This bimonthly newsletter keeps Achieving the Dream colleges, partners, state-level stakeholders, and other interested individuals abreast of developments thro... read more
Launching Early College Districtwide: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's "College for All" Strategy (March 2012)
This paper documents critical design decisions, operational approaches, and lessons learned from the first year of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School D... read more
Tying Funding to Community College Outcomes: Models, Tools, and Recommendations for States (April 2012)
Driven by economic and educational imperatives, public policymakers, higher education leaders, and philanthropic and advocacy groups are mobilizing aggressive n... read more
Financial Aid, Access & Equity, and State Policy (February 2012)
Many states are looking at effective ways to use financial incentives to encourage students to complete a postsecondary credential. JFF’s new report, Stat... read more