Adult College Completion

Workforce programs in the United States emphasize short-term training that allows clients to move quickly into the local labor market. Research, however, research shows that workers with a college degree fare better in the labor force.

The Adult College Completion (ACC) program was developed by the Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) and the National Association of Workforce Boards to shift policies and practices in workforce programs toward promoting college completion as a possibility for short-term training for clients.

This study tested the feasibility of offering completion of an associate’s or bachelor’s-level degree to individuals who had come within 30 credit hours of earning their degrees. Funded by the Lumina Foundation, the project concluded that the ACC program can be integrated into the workforce development system to help states improve employment outcomes for adults by more systematically identifying workforce clients who are near college completion and by assessing whether such clients can be funded with workforce dollars to earn their degree.

Funded by the Lumina Foundation
 

Reports

Haviland, Sara B., et al., Adult College Completion through the Workforce System: The Role of the Eligible Training Provider List in Training Choices, New Brunswick: Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center, March 2014.

Edwards, Renée, and Heather McKay, Adult College Completion Through the Workforce System: Final Outcomes and Data Report, New Brunswick: Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center, September 2014.

Haviland, Sara B., et al, Adult College Completion through the Workforce System: The Role of High Demand Occupations in Training Choices, New Brunswick: Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center, September 2014.

Haviland, Sara B., et al, Adult College Completion through the Workforce System: A Research Report on Lessons Learned from a Multistate Intervention Initiative, New Brunswick: Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center, September 2014.