Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Development of the California community college system
  • Studies of the effect of community colleges on educational attainment
  • Studies of community colleges' responsiveness to changes in employer skill requirements
  • Responsiveness to the educational needs of immigrants by broad categories of race or ethnicity
  • Responsiveness to the education needs of immigrants by narrowly defined ethnic categories
  • Community colleges' responsiveness to local labor market demand
  • Summary and policy implications
  • Appendix A: data sources
  • References.