A Chapter from "13 Ideas that Are Transforming the Community College World"
JFF contributes a chapter in the upcoming book, *13 Ideas that Are Transforming the Community College World*, edited by Terry O'Banion. In the chapter, titled “Eliminating the Gap Between High School and College: What the…
Making Higher Education Policy Work for Opportunity Youth
Making Higher Education Policy Work for Opportunity Youth While the economy has improved in recent years, millions of Americans don’t have the credentials they need to secure high-quality, family-supporting jobs. This is particularly true among…
Putting Vocation at the Center of the Curriculum
Students in the Ethnographies of Work course at CUNY’s Guttman Community College become researchers, observing and analyzing workplace culture, expectations, racial norms, and other dynamics. In this report, student and employer participants share their perspectives…
To Climb the Income Ladder, It Helps to Have a Network
JFF Vice President Michael Collins shares his personal story to highlight how our Postsecondary State Network helps people at the bottom of the income ladder climb up.