02221nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10217915 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070627s2007 miu sb 001 0 eng 2007026908 0880993278 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780880993272 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0880993286 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780880993289 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614594957 n-us-ca LB2361.6.C2 L45 2007eb 378.1/543 22 Leigh, Duane E. Do community colleges respond to local needs? [electronic resource] : evidence from California / Duane E. Leigh, Andrew M. Gill. Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2007. xi, 219 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. California Community Colleges. Community colleges Curricula California. Vocational education California. Foreign workers California. Labor market California. Electronic books. local Gill, Andrew M. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10217915 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 129580 129580