Research Corner

MINNESOTA FUTURE WORK
Perkins Annual Plan Scans

Clusters, Pathways, and Program Examples

• Purpose and summary (pdf)
• Sauk Valley Community College Social Services Program (pdf)
• Yorktown State University Information Technology Program (pdf)
• Four County Career Center and University of Toledo Criminal Science (pdf)
• PA Agribusiness (pdf)
• Twelve Architecture (pdf)
• Academy of Careers and Technology (pdf)
• Miami Valley Tech Prep Consortium Business Technology Center (pdf)
• Teacher Academy (pdf)
• Academy of Finance (pdf)
• Valencia Community College Option- Paralegal Studies Articulated A.S. to B.S. (pdf)
• Lakeland Community College Allied Health Technologies Tech Prep Program (pdf)
• Montgomery College Hospitality Tech Prep Program (pdf)
• Process Technology and Collegiate High School for Petrochemical Careers (pdf)
• Fashion Institute of Technology Tech Prep Program (pdf)
• Biotechnology Pathways (pdf)
• Life Sciences Pipeline Initiative (pdf)
• Logistics Management (pdf)

Minnesota Future Work FY2007 Report (pdf)

1) Models, projects, methods, and trend analysis.

• Project Connect (pdf)
• What Works for Latino College Students (pdf)
• Career-Tech Can Help American Competitiveness (pdf)
• Financing Adequate Career and Technical Education in Wisconsin (pdf)
• The Puente Project (pdf)
• High Growth High Wage Occupations Requiring Less than Bachelor's Degree (pdf)
• Workers' Job Skills Criticized in Report (pdf)
• The Next Big Thing for Community Colleges (pdf)
• Schools Helping With Career Choices (pdf)

2) Methods to encourage students to enroll and succeed in rigorous courses in core academic subjects.

• Academic Pathways (pdf)
• Pathways to College Access and Success (pdf)
• AVID (pdf)
• Research on New College Students (pdf)
• Getting Students Ready for College Curriculum (pdf)
• Mathematics across the Community College Curriculum (pdf)
• Trying to Make Math (and Science) Count (pdf)
• The Toolbox Revisited (pdf)
• Career-Based Intervention (pdf)

3) Providing Industry-recognized credentials.

• Indiana's Skills Certification System (pdf)
• The Perceived Influence of Industry (pdf)

4) Evaluation studies to promote continuous improvements.

• Richland College: A Community College Long-Term Commitment (pdf)

Trend Summaries
2004 Report
2005/2006 Report

National Research Resources

• The College Ladder (pdf)
• Success for Low-Skill Adult Students (pdf)
• A Whole 'Nother World - Students Nagivating Community College (pdf)
• Math and Science Education and United States Competitiveness (pdf)
• Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skilled Adult Students (pdf)
• Action Plan for Higher Education (pdf)
• Closing the Expectations Gap 2006 (pdf)
• Transforming Higher Education (pdf)

HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE TRANSITIONS (Tech Prep)

How Can You Tell If a Career and Technical Education Program of Study is Marketable: A Case Study from Minnesota (by Pradeep Kotamraju and Bruce Steuernagel)

Researching CTE Student Success: A New Conceptual Framework (by Pradeep Kotamraju)

Getting Serious about College Readiness (pdf)

Plugging the Holes & Filling the Gaps-TPCC in DARS (.ppt)

Using Technology to Promote Working Together-TPCC (.ppt)

Discovery Academy-HS to College Transitions (.ppt)

MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH

Enrollment Patterns of Students from Low-Income Families (pdf)