Most Recent Publications

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
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
On the Road to Success (February 2012)
National discussions about education reform are replete with calls for more transparency, stronger accountability, improved outcomes, and a more efficient use o... read more
Statewide Aid Policies to Improve College Access and Success (February 2012)
Through its Vision Project, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts has established a goal to produce ... read more