http://www.clasp.org/issues/rss/highlights.xml?type=postsecondary_access_and_success Featured Highlights from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:32 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5728/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=24122 http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5728/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=24122 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0784&list=publications http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0784&list=publications Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0762&list=publications This toolkit is designed to help interagency state teams identify and facilitate "braiding" of federal resources to design and develop career pathways and bridges into them for adults and out-of-school youth. The toolkit also will help state teams identify state policy barriers to using federal resources for career pathways and bridges and, ideally, address them. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0762&list=publications Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0734&list=publications http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0734&list=publications Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/WIA-Title-II-Recs_Career-and-PostSecondary-Success-FINAL_Updated.pdf http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/WIA-Title-II-Recs_Career-and-PostSecondary-Success-FINAL_Updated.pdf Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/WIA_ReauthCareerPathways_FINAL_Updated.pdf http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/WIA_ReauthCareerPathways_FINAL_Updated.pdf Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0438.pdf This paper advocates expansion and better integration of efforts to connect high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 24 to pathways to postsecondary credentials that have value in the labor market. The paper highlights examples of innovations in policy, program delivery, pedagogy in adult education, youth development and dropout recovery, and postsecondary education that should be built upon in developing more robust and successful dropout recovery and postsecondary education policies and practices to open the door to higher wages and career opportunities for this population. The authors urge federal officials, governors, school administrators, college officials, workforce leaders and employers to provide leadership in building the supports and pathways at scale to bring dropout youth back into the education and labor market mainstream. The paper was prepared for the Center for American Progress. http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0438.pdf Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0430.pdf On August 14, 2008, President Bush signed into law P.L. 110-315, Higher Education Opportunity Act, the long-awaited reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. This piece summarizes the key provisions that will influence postsecondary access and success for nontraditional students, including year-round Pell Grants and new pilot programs championed by CLASP for Student Success Grants, Business Workforce Partnerships, and basic skills Bridges from Jobs to Careers programs. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0430.pdf Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0405.pdf This paper, by Amy-Ellen Duke and Julie Strawn, provides an overview of state policies that can be most successful in helping lower-skilled adults enter and succeed in college and careers. The paper introduces a series of state policy reports developed as part of Breaking Through, a national project that is helping community colleges identify and develop institutional strategies that can enable low-skilled adult students to enter into and succeed in occupational and technical degree programs at community colleges. http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0405.pdf Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0382.pdf Community colleges play a critical role in increasing economic opportunity for adults by helping individuals move out of dead-end, low-wage jobs into careers that can support a family. In a statement prepared for a symposium on issues effecting community colleges hosted by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Senior Policy Analyst Amy-Ellen Duke focuses on two areas integral to the success of low-income adults at community colleges--policies to support student success and improve developmental education--and highlights successful programs across the country. http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0382.pdf Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0344.pdf Julie Strawn of CLASP coauthored this new report, from the Workforce Strategy Center, which asserts that the current systems are not working effectively to produce the kinds of knowledge workers need for our new economy. The paper examines state policy and system improvements that would enhance the ability of workers to gain skills to advance to better jobs and the ability of employers to find skilled workers. These improvements include increasing access to postsecondary education and training; enabling current students to succeed and complete marketable credentials; increasing transitions between literacy, language, and postsecondary education and training programs; incorporating employer demand and state economic priorities in educational planning; expanding the capacity of postsecondary institutions; and measuring program results. http://clasp.articulatedman.com/admin/site/publications/files/0344.pdf