42 min
Tamar Jacoby on the future of community colleges Hardly Working with Brent Orrell
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Community colleges serve a variety of purposes in our communities. They provide educational pathways to a four-year degree and non-credit courses for upskilling that are tied to the demands of local employers. We need improvements in both tracks.
Brent talks to Tamar Jacoby, President of Opportunity America, about her two most recent reports on these institutions: “The Indispensable Institution: Reimaging Community Colleges” and “Skills Wanted: CUNY As Engine of Economic Recovery”.
Community colleges serve a variety of purposes in our communities. They provide educational pathways to a four-year degree and non-credit courses for upskilling that are tied to the demands of local employers. We need improvements in both tracks.
Brent talks to Tamar Jacoby, President of Opportunity America, about her two most recent reports on these institutions: “The Indispensable Institution: Reimaging Community Colleges” and “Skills Wanted: CUNY As Engine of Economic Recovery”.
42 min