Premium
Economic Benefits of a Community College Education: Issues of Accountability and Performance Measures
Author(s) -
Sanchez Jorge R.,
Laanan Frankie Santos
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.10401
Subject(s) - accountability , community college , earnings , higher education , center (category theory) , public relations , psychology , political science , medical education , business , accounting , economics , economic growth , medicine , chemistry , law , crystallography
Accountability in community colleges has taken center stage. This chapter focuses on students' post‐college earnings as a specific outcome or performance measure. The authors discuss the benefits of a community college education, outline the methodologies used to assessstudents, and present policy implications of accountability and performance measures.