Publisher's Synopsis
Use of administrative databases has enabled higher educationcoordinating boards to assess the post-college earnings of studentswho attend community colleges. Some states have developedcomprehensive methodologies for tracking the economic success ofstudents in a variety of fields. Not only educators, but alsolegislators and the public, have begun to focus more attention onemployment data as a performance measure for community colleges.
This issue addresses the growing debate surrounding the use ofsuch databases and presents case studies from individualinstitutions. The chapters discuss various state initiatives thatlook at student outcomes and institutional accountability effortsand they raise a number of questions. Is there a broad movement toconnect accountability and outcome measures with funding? Would anational definition of economic benefit be helpful? How wouldeconomic benefit be measured? These are some of the themesaddressed in this volume.
This is the 104th issue of the Jossey-Bass seriesNewDirections for Community Colleges.
