Most Recent Publications

The Breaking Through Practice Guide (Spring 2010)
JFF developed the Breaking Through Practice Guide to help practitioners serve adults who have low literacy and math levels and who want to succeed in postsecond... read more
Improving America's Secondary Schools: Congressional Testimony (May 2010)
On May 4, 2010, JFF Education Policy Director Cassius Johnson testified before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee about how to rest... read more
The Developmental Education Initiative: State Policy Framework & Strategy (April 2010)
Developmental education as traditionally delivered does not appreciably increase community college students’ chances of earning credentials or degrees. Fe... read more
MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Award: Report on 2010 Winners (April 2010)
Community colleges are leaders in creating opportunity for students of all ages and backgrounds and in supporting local economic development initiatives. In 201... read more
Good Data. Strong Commitment. Better Policy. Improved Outcomes. (April 2010)
When Achieving the Dream was launched in 2004, most states focused on college access as a central policy agenda for community colleges. Since then, this initiat... read more
Altered State: How the Virginia Community College System Has Used Achieving the Dream to Improve Student Success (April 2010)
Virginia illustrates concrete strategies for moving toward data-driven student success. Altered State, by Kay Mills, summarizes the progress of the Virginia Com... read more
Rx for a New Health Care Workforce: Promising Practices and Their Policy Implications (April 2010)
Health care reform engaged the nation in intense debate about increasing coverage, lowering costs, and improving quality. Largely missing from the conversation ... read more
Workforce Solutions Week: 2010 Events (April 2010)
In March 2010, workforce initiatives from across the country inaugurated the first annual Workforce Solutions Week. This weeklong celebration brought together w... read more
A New National Approach to Career Navigation for Working Learners (March 2010)
This Center for American Progress report, prepared by Jobs for the Future in collaboration with CAP, details the inadequacy of the career navigation assistance ... read more
Rx for a New Health Care Workforce: Speaker Bios (March 2010)
If our nation is to dramatically increase access to and the affordability and quality of health care, an essential element will be broad-based partnerships that... read more