Most Recent Publications

Walking the Talk: Community Colleges Where Everyone Wins (2005)
Through personal stories from students, faculty, staff, and leaders, Walking the Talk brings to life the programs, policies, and supports that help un... read more
Career and Technical Education in Pennsylvania: Opportunities for Commonwealth Policy (February 2005)
High-quality career and technical education should be an option available to help all young people prepare for the 21st-century economy. The Pennsylvania Depart... read more
State Data Systems and Privacy Concerns: Strategies for Balancing Public Interests (February 2005)
Better institutional systems for collecting and reporting student outcome data could help institutional, state, and national policymakers improve those outcomes... read more
Access to Community College for Undocumented Immigrants: A Guide for State Policymakers (January 2005)
States are using various approaches to help undocumented students fulfill their college aspirations. Community college systems, which typically serve as the fir... read more
Building Skills, Increasing Economic Vitality: A Handbook of Innovative State Policies (January 2005)
States have been exploring a variety of strategies to increase economic vitality by building the educational and technical skills of the workforce. In this hand... read more
Integrating Grades 9 Through 14: State Policies to Support and Sustain Early College High Schools (January 2005)
Across the country, high school students are getting a head start on college by completing some college-level work. In particular, early college high schools ar... read more
Fast Track to College: Increasing Postsecondary Success for All Students (December 2004)
Access to family-supporting jobs now requires education or training beyond high school, but college is becoming less affordable and the education “pipelin... read more
Big Buildings, Small Schools: Using a Small Schools Strategy for High School Reform (December 2004)
Big Buildings, Small Schools describes emerging efforts by communities such as Boston, Oakland, New York City, and Sacramento to convert large, comprehensi... read more
Breaking Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers (November 2004)
Around the country, innovative community colleges are playing a larger role in helping low-skilled adults gain the valuable skills and credentials that are the ... read more
What Is the Cost of Planning and Implementing Early College High School? (November 2004)
On behalf of the Finance Working Group of the Early College High School Initiative, JFF's Michael Webb undertook to determine the costs of planning and implemen... read more