TY - BOOK AU - Leigh,Duane E. AU - Gill,Andrew M. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Do community colleges respond to local needs?: evidence from California AV - LB2361.6.C2 L45 2007eb U1 - 378.1/543 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Kalamazoo, Mich. PB - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research KW - California Community Colleges KW - Community colleges KW - Curricula KW - California KW - Vocational education KW - Foreign workers KW - Labor market KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10217915 ER -