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W. Norton Grubb
Professor
Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation
Office: 3521 Tolman Hall
Phone: (510) 642-3488
Email: wngrubb@berkeley.eduTo browse Professor Grubb's Publications by topic, please choose a topic below. To browse by publication type, return to Professor Grubb's main faculty page.
Publications by topic
Occupational roles of schooling
Teaching
Education, Training, and Employment: The Role of Schooling in Labor Markets. Syllabus, Spring 1999.
Books
The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Fall 2004 (with Marvin Lazerson).
American Education and Vocationalism: A Documentary History 1870-1970. New York: Teachers College Press, 1974 (with Marvin Lazerson). Paperback version issued 1987.
Articles
"Vocationalism and the differentiation of tertiary education: Lessons from U.S. community colleges." Journal of Further and Higher Education, February 2006; special issue edited by Michael Young. (subscription required)
"Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Educational Gospel" (with Marvin Lazerson). Journal of Higher Education Jan./Feb. 2005.
"English Education and the Anglo-American Approach to Vocationalism", Journal of Education and Work, forthcoming, July 2006; special issue focused on this paper and commentaries. (direct PDF download)
"The Education Gospel and the Role of Vocationalism in American Education", American Journal of Education, May 2005 (with Marvin Lazerson). (subscription required)
"Learning and Earning in the Middle, Part I: National Studies of Pre-baccalaureate Education", Economics of Education Review 21(4), August 2002.
"Learning and Earning in the Middle, Part II: State and Local Studies of Pre-baccalaureate Education", Economics of Education Review 21(5), October 2002.
"Making Sense of Education and Training Markets: Lessons from England", American Educational Research Journal, Fall 2000 (with Neal Finkelstein).
"The Returns to Education in the Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market, 1984 - 1990", Economics of Education Review, special issue in memory of Charles Benson, Vol. 16(3), June 1997. (direct PDF download)
"Further Tests of Screening on Education and Observed Ability", Economics of Education Review, June 1993. See also "Postsecondary Education and the Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market: Corrections and Extensions", Economics of Education Review, Summer 1995.
"The Varied Economic Returns to Postsecondary Education: New Evidence from the Class of 1972", Journal of Human Resources, Spring 1993. See also "Response to Comment", Journal of Human Resources, Winter 1995.
"The Long-run Effects of Proprietary Schools on Wages and Earnings: Implications for Federal Policy", Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Spring 1993. See also "The Long-run Effects of Proprietary Schools: Corrections", Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Fall 1994.
"Postsecondary Vocational Education and the Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market: New Evidence on Economic Returns", Economics of Education Review, September 1992. See also "Postsecondary Education and the Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market: Corrections and Extensions", Economics of Education Review, Summer 1995.
"Correcting Conventional Wisdom: Community College Impact on Students' Jobs and Salaries", Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, June/July 1992.
"Dropouts, Spells of Time, and Credits in Postsecondary Vocational Education: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys", Economics of Education Review, January 1989. (direct PDF download)
"Vocationalizing Higher Education: The Causes of Enrollment and Completion in Two-Year Colleges, 1970-1980", Economics of Education Review, June 1988.
"The Convergence of Education Systems and the Role of Vocationalism," Comparative Education Review, November 1985.
"The Bandwagon Once More: Vocational Preparation for High-Tech Occupations", Harvard Educational Review, November 1984.
"Vocational Solutions to Youth Problems: The Persistent Frustration of the American Experience," Educational Analysis (London), special issue on "Schools, Youth, and Work," Fall 1981 (with Marvin Lazerson). Reprinted in American Vocational Association Yearbook, 1981, December 1981.
Book Chapters
"The Globalization of Rhetoric and Practice: The Education Gospel and Vocationalism", forthcoming in a volume edited by Hugh Lauder and A.H. Halsey for Oxford University Press
"The Education Gospel and Vocationalism in International Perspective: The Promises and the Limits of Formal Schooling". Forthcoming in Rupert MacLean and David Wilson, eds., International Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training. Kluwer Publishers for UNEVOC/UNESCO.
"Occupational Education", in James Forest and Kevin Kinser, eds., Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
"From Isolation to Integration: Postsecondary Occupational Education and Emerging Systems of Workforce Development", in D. Bragg, ed., The New Vocationalism in American Community Colleges, New Directions in Community Colleges, Fall 2001.
"Second Chances in Changing Times: The Roles of Community Colleges in Advancing Low-Skilled Workers", in Richard Kazis and Marc Miller, eds. Low-Wage Workers in the New Economy: Strategies for Opportunity and Advancement. Washington D.C.: Urban Institute Press, 2001. Short version published in National Council on Occupational Education, Workplace, Winter 2001.
"Issues and Linkages for an Information-Based Workplace", in Stuart Rosenfeld, ed., Learning.now: Skills for an Information Economy. Washington D.C.: Community College Press, 2000.
Literacy, Skills, and Work" (with Glynda Hull). In D. Wagner, B. Street, and R. Venezky (eds), Literacy: An International Handbook. Boulder: Westview Press.
The Old Problem of 'New Students': Purpose, Content, and Pedagogy", in Erwin Flaxman and A. Harry Passow, editors, Changing Populations/Changing Schools. 94th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
"Preparing Youth for Work: The Dilemmas of Education and Training Programs," in David Stern and Dorothy Eichorn, eds., Adolescence and Work: Influences of Social Structure, Labor Markets, and Culture. Hillsdale N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, 1989.
Responding to the Constancy of Change: New Technologies and Future Demands on U.S. Education," in Russell Rumberger and Gerald Burke, eds., The Impact of Technology on Work and Education. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1987.
"Vocational Education and Training in California," Issue Paper No. 8, in Issue Papers: The Master Plan Renewed, Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education, August 1987. (direct PDF download)
"I Doni di Vulcan, La Disperazione della Gioventu: Technologia Avanzata, Educazione e Disoccupazione Giovanile," in Quaderni della Regione Lombardia, La Preperazione dei Giovanni al Lavoro e ad Altri Ruoli Sociali, 1984. Also available as "The Gifts of Vulcan, The Despair of Youth: Advanced Technology, Education, and Youth Unemployment," presented at an OECD/Italian Government conference on "The Preparation of Young People for Work and Other Adult Roles," Bergamo, Italy, October 4-8, 1983.
"Education and the Labor Market: Recycling the Youth Problem." in Harvey Kantor and David Tyack, eds., Work, Youth, and Schooling: Historical Perspectives on Vocationalism in American Education, Stanford University Press, 1982 (with Marvin Lazerson).
Schooling and Work: The Changing Context of Education," in Charles Benson and Michael Kirst (eds.), Education, Finance, and Organization: Research Perspectives for the Future, National Institute of Education, 1980.
Monographs and Technical Reports
The Anglo-American Approach to Vocationalism: The Economic Roles of Education in England. Research Paper 52, October 2004. Oxford University: Centre on Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance (SKOPE). (direct PDF download)
"Edging Toward Effectiveness: Examining Postsecondary Occupational Education". Prepared for the National Assessment of Vocational Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, May 1999. (direct PDF download)
Learning and Earning in the Middle: The Economic Benefits of Sub-Baccalaureate Education. Occasional Paper, Community College Research Center, Institute on Education and the Economy, Columbia University, April 1999.
Toward Order from Chaos: State Efforts to Reform Workforce Development Systems. MDS-1249, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, January 1999 (with nine co-authors).
Workforce, Economic, and Community Development: The Changing Landscape of the Entrepreneurial Community College. Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College, 1996 (with Norena Badway, Denise Bell, Debra Bragg, and Maxine Russman).
The Returns to Education and Training in the Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Market: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1984 - 1990. National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, May 1995.
Betwixt and Between: Education, Skills, and Employers in Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Markets. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, December 1992 (with Torry Dickinson, Lorraine Giordano, and Gail Kaplan).
Community College Involvement in Contract Training and Other Economic Development Activities, Report of a Survey Conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior College and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, October 1991 (with Robert Lynch and James Palmer).
Readin', Writin', and 'Rithmetic One More Time: The Role of Remediation within Vocational Education and Job Training Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, September 1991 (with Judy Kalman, Marisa Castellano, Cynthia Brown, and Denise Bradby).
Local Systems of Work-Related Education and Training: Diversity, Interdependence, and Effectiveness. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, July, 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Education and Training for Work: The Policy Instruments and the Institutions. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, R-4026-NCRVE/UCB, April 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"The Economic Returns to Postsecondary Education: New Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of the Class of 1972", September 1990; presented at the APPAM meetings, October 1990.
"Signaling, Credentialing, and Regional Variation in the Return to Schooling," March 1985.
"Discrimination, Crowding, Competition, and Regional Variation in the Return to Schooling for Whites and Non-Whites," December 1984.
"Occupational Demand and the Rise of Postsecondary Vocational Education", Report No. 83-129, Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance, Stanford University, May 1983.
Professional Activities
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Guidance and counseling
Articles
" 'An Occupation in Harmony': The Roles of Markets and Government in Career Information and Guidance". International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance,2004, special issue edited by A.G. Watts on comparative approaches to guidance and counseling. (direct PDF download)
"Counselor, Coordinator, Monitor, Mom: The Role of Counselors in the Puente Program". Educational Policy, September 2002 (with Claudia Lara and Susan Valdez). (direct PDF download)
"Re-conceiving Guidance and Counseling: Using Information in the Information Age." Career Research and Development, the NICEC Journal, February 2001 (United Kingdom).
"Rally 'Round the Workplace: Continuities and Fallacies in Career Education", Harvard Educational Review, November 1975 (with Marvin Lazerson). Correspondence and replies, May 1976 and November 1976. Reprinted in Education and Life Chances (Cambridge: Harvard Educational Review, 1977).
Book Chapters
" 'Like, What Do I Do Now?': The Dilemmas of Guidance and Counseling in Community Colleges." In Thomas Bailey and Vanessa Smith Morest, eds., Missions Accomplished? Multiple Perspectives on Access and Equity in the Community College. Forthcoming, 2006, Johns Hopkins University Press.
Learning to Earn All Over Again: Current Issues in Vocational Education and Training in the United States"; and "Firm-Based Training in the United States: Implications for the Education and Training 'System' ", in C. Selby Smith and Fran Ferrier, eds., The Economic Impact of Vocational Education and Training. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, for the Monash University-ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training.
Monographs and Technical Reports
Who I am: The inadequacy of career information in the information age. Paper prepared for the OECD Career Guidance Policy Review. Available at www.oecd.org/dataoecd/ 32/35/1954678.pdf. Also available in French. (direct PDF download)
"An Occupation in Harmony": The Role of Markets and Governments in Career Information and Guidance. Paper commissioned by the European Commission and the OECD for the OECD Career Guidance Review. (direct PDF download)
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Engagement and Motivation in High Schools: The Multiple Roles of Guidance and Counseling", February 2002 (with Cary Watson). Prepared for the National Research Council, Committee for Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn.
" 'Getting Into the World': Guidance and Counseling in Community College". Working Paper No. 1, Community College Research Center, Institute on Education and the Economy, Columbia University, June 2001.
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"Education through Occupations" and traditional vocational education
Books
Education Through Occupations in American High Schools (edited).
Vol. I: Approaches to Integrating Academic and Vocational Education.
Vol. II: The Challenges of Implementing Curriculum Integration. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995.American Education and Vocationalism: A Documentary History 1870-1970. New York: Teachers College Press, 1974 (with Marvin Lazerson). Paperback version issued 1987.
Articles
"Not There Yet: Prospects and Problems for 'Education Through Occupations' " and "Finding Common Ground: A Brief Response", Journal of Vocational Education Research 22(2), 1997, special issue focusing on my lead article.
"The 'New Vocationalism' in the United States: Returning to John Dewey", Educational Philosophy and Theory (Australia), Vol. 28(1), special issue on "Vocational Education and Training", 1996.
"The 'New Vocationalism': What It Is, What Is Could Be", Phi Delta Kappan, April 1996. (subscription required)
"Combating Policy Fragmentation: Local Systems of Vocational Education and Job Training", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , Spring 1996 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
"Reconstructing Urban Schools with Work-Centered Education". Education and Urban Society, May 1995, special issue on "Vocational Education and School Reform: New Links from School to Work".
"The Richness of Occupational Instruction: The Paradox in U.S. Community Colleges", in F. Achtenhagen & E. G. John (Eds.), Milestones of Vocational Education and Training, Vol 3: Political Perspectives on Vocational and Occupational Education and Training (p. 225-258). Bielefeld, Germany: Bertelsmann. (direct PDF download)
"Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training", American Journal of Education, November 1994 (with Judy Kalman).
"Giving High Schools an Occupational Focus", Educational Leadership, March 1992, special issue on "Education for Employment".
"The Bandwagon Once More: Vocational Preparation for High-Tech Occupations", Harvard Educational Review, November 1984.
"The Phoenix of Vocationalism: Hope Deferred is Hope Denied," New Directions in Education and Work, Spring 1978.
"Rally 'Round the Workplace: Continuities and Fallacies in Career Education", Harvard Educational Review, November 1975 (with Marvin Lazerson). Correspondence and replies, May 1976 and November 1976. Reprinted in Education and Life Chances (Cambridge: Harvard Educational Review, 1977).
Book Chapters
"Vocational and Occupational Education: Pedagogical Complexity, Institutional Diversity". In Virginia Richardson, ed., Handbook of Research on Teaching, Fourth Edition. Washington D.C.: American Educational Research Association, 2001 (with Frank Achtenhagen).
"Dick and Jane at Work: The New Vocationalism and Occupational Literacy Programs", in Glynda Hull (ed.), Changing Work, Changing Workers: Critical Perspectives on Language, Literacy, and Skills. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997.
School-to-Work Programs: True Reforms or Tired Retreads?" In Patricia Brown, ed., Promoting a Dialogue on School-to-Work Transitions. Washington, D.C.: National Governors' Association, 1995. Condensed version published in Education Week, August 4, 1994, as the last-page "Commentary".
Chapters in Education Through Occupations in American High Schools:
Vol. I, "Introduction: Resolving the Paradox of the High School."
Vol. I, Ch. 1: " 'The Cunning Hand, the Cultured Mind': Sources of Support for Curriculum Integration."
Vol. I, Ch. 3: "The Power of Curriculum Integration: Its Relationship to Other School Reforms" (with Erika Neilsen Andrew).
Vol. I, Ch. 4: "A Continuum of Approaches to Integration".
Vol. I, Ch. 6: "Coherence for All Students: High Schools with Career Clusters and Majors".
Vol. I, "Conclusion: The Promise of Curriculum Integration".
Vol. II, "Introduction: The Components of Complex Reforms".
Vol. II, Ch. 6: "Paths Not Taken: Curriculum Integration and the Political and Moral Purposes of Education" (with Ken Koziol).
Vol. II, "Conclusion: Achieving the Promise of Curriculum Integration"."Integrating Academic and Vocational Education: The Issues for Postsecondary Institutions", Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, Summer 1990.
"Simple Faiths, Complex Facts: Vocational Education as an Economic Development Strategy," in Jurgen Schmandt and Robert Wilson, eds., Growth Policy in the Age of High Technology: The Role of Regions and States. Boston: Unwin Hyman Ltd., 1990.
"Vocational Education and Training in California," Issue Paper No. 8, in Issue Papers: The Master Plan Renewed, Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education, August 1987. (direct PDF download)
"The Phoenix of Vocational Education: Implications for Evaluation," in The Planning Papers for the Vocational Education Study, National Institute of Education, April 1979.
"Vocational Education in American Schooling: Historical Perspectives," Inequality in Education, December 1973 (with Marvin Lazerson).
Monographs and Technical Reports
A Sourcebook for Reshaping the Community College: Curriculum Integration and the Multiple Domains of Career Preparation. Vol. I: Framework and Examples. Vol. II: Samples of Career Preparation Innovations. MDS 782, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, October 1997 (with Norena Badway).
Community College Innovation in Workforce Preparation: Curriculum Integration and Tech Prep. Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College, 1996 (with Norena Badway, Denise Bell, and Eileen Kraskouskas).
The Relation of School Reform to the Integration of Vocational and Academic Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, December 1992 (with Erica Neilsen Andrew).
A Time to Every Purpose: Integrating Academic and Occupational Education in Community Colleges and Technical Institutes. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, October 1992 (with Eileen Kraskouskas). Excerpted as "Building Bridges: How Postsecondary Institutions are Integrating Academic and Vocational Content", Vocational Education Journal, February 1993. (direct PDF download)
"The Cunning Hand, The Cultured Mind": Models for Integrating Vocational and Academic Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, July 1991 (with Gary Davis, Jeannie Lum, Jane Plihal, and Carol Morgaine). Excerpted as "Giving High Schools an Occupational Focus", Educational Leadership, March 1992; "The Challenge of Change: Integrating Vocational and Academic Education", Vocational Education Journal, February 1991; and "Reconstructing the High School: Current Efforts to Integrate Academic and Vocational Education", The Educator, November 1990, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
Access, Achievement, Completion, and "Milling Around" in Postsecondary Vocational Education, report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, January 1989.
Long Time A'Comin': Options for Federal Financing of Postsecondary Vocational Education. report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, January 1989 (with David Stern).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
Is the Tech vs. Liberal Arts Debate Out-of-Date? Two Views", Community College Week, June 6, 2005.
"Reforming the Monolithic High School: The Potential Effects of 'Education Through Occupations' ", February 2002 (with Amy Ryken and Nettie Legters). Prepared for the National Research Council, Committee for Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn.
"Integrating Academic and Occupational Education Among California Community Colleges: Current Practice and Future Opportunities", July 1999 (with Norena Badway); prepared for the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges.
"Education Through Occupations", Trends column, Educational Leadership, November 1995.
Integrating Academic and Vocational Education: Progress Under the Carl Perkins Amendments of 1990. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, November 1993 (with Cathy Stasz).
Coordination Between Vocational Education and Other Federal Programs: A Status Report. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, April 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
Summing It All Up: Lessons from the Research Literature on Ways to Promote Coordination between Vocational Education and Job Training Programs. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, November 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
"Assessing the Coordination of Vocational Education with Other Federal Programs", National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, August 1991; reprinted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, June 1992.
"Assessing the Integration of Academic and Vocational Education: Methods and Questions", National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, August 1991; reprinted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, June 1992 (with Cathy Stasz).
"Integrating Academic and Vocational Education: Guidelines for Assessing a Fuzzy Reform", National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, May 1991; reprinted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, July 1991 (with Cathy Stasz).
"Federal Legislation as Rorschach Test: Methodological Issues in Assessing the Effects of the Perkins Amendments on States and Localities", National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, May 1991."Factor Complementarity, Skill Specificity, and the Distribution of Benefits from Vocational Education", paper presented at the meetings of the American Economic Association, December 1988; under revision (with David Stern).
"Educational Reform and New Orthodoxy: The Federal Role in Revitalizing the U.S. Labor Force," paper prepared for the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, June 1986.
Professional Activities
Site director and principal author of proposals, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, the University of California, Berkeley, 1988 - 1999.
Consultant to the National Assessments of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, 1987 - 1989; 1992 - 1994; 1999.
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Conventional school finance
Teaching
Educational Resources and Finance. Syllabus, Fall 2002.
School-Site Finance and Resources (Principal Leadership Institute). Syllabus, summer 2004.
Books
States and Schools: The Political Economy of Public School Finance. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1974 (with Stephan Michelson).
Articles
"Alternatives to Universities Revisited", in Education Policy Analysis 2004. Paris: OECD, 2005 (with Richard Sweet). (direct PDF download)
"Adjustments from Disequilibrium in Local Finance: School Referenda in California", Western Tax Review, Spring 1982 (with Jack Osman).
"Public School Finance in a Post-Serrano World," Harvard Civil Rights--Civil Liberties Law Review, May 1973 (with Stephan Michelson).
Book Chapters
"Moving Toward Equity: The Effects of House Bill 72 on School Expenditures in Texas," Public Affairs Comment, Summer 1985, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs (with Cathy Stahl, Barbara Steakley, and John Zapata). Earlier version published in the June 1985 Newsletter of the Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio.
"Texas Examines Its Taxes," Symposium on State Tax Study Commissions: An Overview of Four Approaches, National Tax Association/Tax Institute of America Proceedings, 1985; also available as Legislative Finance Paper #48C, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 1985.
"The Texas Experience," in Peggy Musgrave, States Under Stress: A Report on the Finances of Massachusetts, Michigan, Texas, and California, California Policy Seminar Conference Report, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, February 1985.
"Restraint in a Land of Plenty: Revenue and Expenditure Limitations in Texas," Public Finance and Budgeting, Winter 1982, special issue on "Causes and Effects of Resource Limitations in American Governments" (with Glen Hahn Cope).
"Public Expenditures for Children and Youth in Texas," Public Affairs Comment, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs, May 1982.
"Identifying Teacher Supply Functions and Constructing Cost Indices: Methodological Explorations with California Unified School Districts," in U.S. Office of Education, Selected Papers in School Finance, 1975 (Washington, 1977).
"The Causes of School Finance Inequalities: Serrano and the Case of California," Public Finance Quarterly, July 1977 (with Jack Osman).
"Cost of Education Indices: Issues and Methods", in School Finance Reform: A Legislator's Handbook. Washington D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, 1976.
Monographs and Technical Reports
The Roles of Tertiary Colleges and Institutes: Trade-Offs in Restructuring Post-secondary Education. Working Paper, Directorate of Education, Education and Training Policy Division. Paris: OECD. (direct PDF download)
Far, Far to Go: Public Spending for Children and Youth in Texas, Special Project Report, 1982 (with Patricia Griffin Heilbrun and Christine Galavotti).
New Programs of State School Aid, National Legislative Conference, 1974.
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Decades of decline: 'First to Worst' for California schools", Sacramento Bee, March 14, 2004.
"Straight talk on school spending", San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2003.
"Revising the Price Differential Index for Texas School Districts," report to Rep. Paul Colbert and the Price Differential Index Committee, Texas Education Agency, November 1985.
"The Concept of Educational Adequacy in Historical Perspective," commissioned by the School Finance Project, National Institute of Education, January 1982 (with Marvin Lazerson).
Professional Activities
Finance and Facilities Working Group of the Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education, Kindergarten Through University, State of California, 2000 - 2002.
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The "improved" school finance
Teaching
Educational Resources and Finance. Syllabus, Fall 2002.
School-Site Finance and Resources (Principal Leadership Institute). Syllabus, summer 2004.
Articles
"When money might matter: Using NELS88 to examine the weak effects of school funding." Forthcoming, Journal of Education Finance, 2006.
"Straw Into Gold, Resources Into Results: Spinning Out the Implications of the 'Improved' School Finance", under submission to American Educational Research Journal (with Luis Huerta and Laura Goe). (direct PDF download)
"The Unending Search for Equity: California Policy, the 'Improved' School Finance, and the Williams Case". Teachers College Record, November 2004, special issue on Williams v. California(with Laura Goe and Luis Huerta). (direct PDF download)
Monographs and Technical Reports
Straw Into Gold, Resources Into Results: Spinning Out the Implications of the "New" School Finance. Working Paper Series 01-1, Policy Analysis for California Education, U.C. Berkeley , April 2001 (with Luis Huerta). (direct PDF download)
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"The Concept of Educational Adequacy in Historical Perspective," commissioned by the School Finance Project, National Institute of Education, January 1982 (with Marvin Lazerson).
"Training or Tracking: Equity and Access in Vocational Education," prepared for the National Center for Research in Vocation Education, Ohio State University, Equity and Accountability in Vocational Education: Problems and Perspectives, Fall 1980.
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Postsecondary education and training
Books
Honored But Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges. New York and London: Routledge, 1999 (with seven Associates). Received the Distinguished Faculty Award, Center for the Study of Diversity in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; and the Senior Scholar Award, Council for the Study of Community Colleges.
Articles
"Vocationalism and the differentiation of tertiary education: Lessons from U.S. community colleges." Journal of Further and Higher Education, February 2006; special issue edited by Michael Young. (subscription required)
"Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Educational Gospel" (with Marvin Lazerson).Journal of Higher Education Jan./Feb. 2005.
"The Economic Returns to Baccalaureate Degrees: New Evidence from the Class of 1972", Review of Higher Education, Winter 1992. See also "The Economic Returns to Baccalaureate Degrees: Corrections", Review of Higher Education, Summer 1995.
"The Decline of Community College Transfer Rates: Evidence from National Longitudinal Surveys", Journal of Higher Education, March/April 1991.
Book Chapters
"Lessons from Education and Training for Youth: Five Precepts". In Preparing Youth for the 21st Century: The Transition from Education to the Labour Market. Paris: Organization for Economic and Cultural Development, 1999.
"The Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market in the United States: Challenges for the School-to-Work Transition". In Walter Heinz, ed., From Education to Work: Cross-National Perspectives. New York and Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Monographs and Technical Reports
OECD Thematic Review of Equity in Education, Korea: Country Note, Forthcoming, 2006. Rapporteur for the Korean country visit, October 2005
Tertiary Education and the Learning Society: Country Responses and Future Options. Proposed Thematic Review of Tertiary Education. Paris: OCED, Directorate of Education, Education and Training Policy, February 2003.
The Causes and Consequences of Enrollments in Higher Education: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972. Final Report to the U.S. Department of Education, June 1989.
The Postsecondary Vocational Education of 1980 Seniors, MPR Associates for the Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, LSB-87-4-10, April 10, 1987.
The Postsecondary Education of 1980 Seniors Completing Academic A.A. Degrees, MPR Associates for the Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, LSB-87-5-7, May 12, 1987.
The Postsecondary Education of 1972 Seniors Completing Vocational A.A. Degrees and Certificates, MPR Associates for the Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, LSB-87-06-26, June 1987.
The Postsecondary Education of 1972 Seniors Completing Academic A.A. Degrees, MPR Associates for the Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, LSB-87-06-24, June 1987.
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"The Causes of Enrollment in Postsecondary Education: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of the Class of 1972", October 1990.
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Community colleges
Books
The Roles of Evaluation for Education and Training: Plain Talk on the Field of Dreams. London: Kogan Paul and Geneva: International Labour Office (with Paul Ryan), 1999.
Working in the Middle: Strengthening Education and Training for the Mid-Skilled Labor Force. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.
Learning to Work: The Case for Re-integrating Job Training and Education. New York: Russell Sage Publications, 1996.
"Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training", American Journal of Education, November 1994 (with Judy Kalman).
Articles
"Cinderella Without Her Prince: Further Education Colleges in England". Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education (U.K.), 2005. (subscription required)
"Pedagogical Alignment and Curricular Consistency: The Challenges for Developmental Education" (with Rebecca Cox). In Carol Kozerecki, ed., Responding to the Challenges of Developmental Education. New Directions for Community Colleges No. 129. Spring 2005. (direct PDF download)
"Learning and Earning in the Middle, Part I: National Studies of Pre-baccalaureate Education", Economics of Education Review 21(4), August 2002.
"Learning and Earning in the Middle, Part II: State and Local Studies of Pre-baccalaureate Education", Economics of Education Review 21(5), October 2002.
"The Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Market and the Advantages of Co-operative Education". Journal of Co-operative Education, Winter 1995, special issue on "Preparing Students for the Twenty-first Century Workplace".
"Postsecondary Vocational Education and the Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market: New Evidence on Economic Returns", Economics of Education Review, September 1992. See also "Postsecondary Education and the Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market: Corrections and Extensions", Economics of Education Review, Summer 1995.
"Correcting Conventional Wisdom: Community College Impact on Students' Jobs and Salaries", Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, June/July 1992.
"The Decline of Community College Transfer Rates: Evidence from National Longitudinal Surveys", Journal of Higher Education, March/April 1991.
"Dropouts, Spells of Time, and Credits in Postsecondary Vocational Education: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys", Economics of Education Review, January 1989. (direct PDF download)
"The Effects of Differentiation on Educational Attainment: The Case of Community Colleges", Review of Higher Education, Summer 1989.
"Vocationalizing Higher Education: The Causes of Enrollment and Completion in Two-Year Colleges, 1970-1980", Economics of Education Review, June 1988.
Book Chapters
"Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education" (with Norena Badway and Denise Bell). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March 2003. Special issue on Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions.
"Occupational Education", in James Forest and Kevin Kinser, eds., Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
"From Isolation to Integration: Postsecondary Occupational Education and Emerging Systems of Workforce Development", in D. Bragg, ed., The New Vocationalism in American Community Colleges, New Directions in Community Colleges, Fall 2001.
"Second Chances in Changing Times: The Roles of Community Colleges in Advancing Low-Skilled Workers", in Richard Kazis and Marc Miller, eds. Low-Wage Workers in the New Economy: Strategies for Opportunity and Advancement. Washington D.C.: Urban Institute Press, 2001. Short version published in National Council on Occupational Education, Workplace, Winter 2001.
The Sub-baccalaureate Labor Market in the United States: Challenges for the School-to-Work Transition". In Walter Heinz, ed., From Education to Work: Cross-National Perspectives. New York and Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
"State 'Systems' of Workforce Development and the Workforce Investment Act", Workforce Investment Quarterly, National Governors Association, Vol. 5(4), 1998.
Learning to Earn All Over Again: Current Issues in Vocational Education and Training in the United States"; and "Firm-Based Training in the United States: Implications for the Education and Training 'System' ", in C. Selby Smith and Fran Ferrier, eds., The Economic Impact of Vocational Education and Training. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, for the Monash University-ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training.
"Finding an Equilibrium: Enhancing Transfer Rates While Strengthening the Comprehensive Community College", National Center for Academic Achievement and Transfer, Working Papers, September 1992.
"The Developing Work-related Education and Training 'System': Partnerships and Customized Training", in Allen Phelps and Paul Thurston, eds., Public-Private Sector Collaboration in Education: Implications for Research, Policy, and the Education of Professional Educators, Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Rupert Evans Symposium, May 2-3, 1989; University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
"Vocational Education and Training in California," Issue Paper No. 8, in Issue Papers: The Master Plan Renewed, Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education, August 1987. (direct PDF download)
Monographs and Technical Reports
From Compliance to Improvement: Accountability and Assessment in California Community Colleges (with Norena Badway). Higher Education Evaluation and Research Group, for the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, June 2004. (direct PDF download)
From Black Box to Pandora's Box: Evaluating Remedial/Developmental Education. Occasional Paper, Community College Research Center, Institute on Education and the Economy, Columbia University, February 2001. (direct PDF download)
Performance Measures for Improving California Community Colleges: Issues and Options. July 1999. Prepared for the Vocational Education Unit, Educational Services and Economic Development Division, State Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges. (direct PDF download)
"Edging Toward Effectiveness: Examining Postsecondary Occupational Education". Prepared for the National Assessment of Vocational Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, May 1999. (direct PDF download)
Learning and Earning in the Middle: The Economic Benefits of Sub-Baccalaureate Education. Occasional Paper, Community College Research Center, Institute on Education and the Economy, Columbia University, April 1999.
Toward Order from Chaos: State Efforts to Reform Workforce Development Systems. MDS-1249, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, January 1999 (with nine co-authors).
Linking School-based and Work-based Learning: The Implications of LaGuardia's Co-op Seminars for School-to-Work Programs. MDS-1046, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, March 1998 (with Norena Badway).
Workforce, Economic, and Community Development: The Changing Landscape of the Entrepreneurial Community College. Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College, 1996 (with Norena Badway, Denise Bell, Debra Bragg, and Maxine Russman).
A Sourcebook for Reshaping the Community College: Curriculum Integration and the Multiple Domains of Career Preparation. Vol. I: Framework and Examples. Vol. II: Samples of Career Preparation Innovations. MDS 782, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, October 1997 (with Norena Badway).
Community College Innovation in Workforce Preparation: Curriculum Integration and Tech Prep. Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College, 1996 (with Norena Badway, Denise Bell, and Eileen Kraskouskas).
Indigenous School-to-Work Programs: Lessons from Cincinnati's Co-op Education. May 1966, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley (with Jennifer Curry Villeneuve). (direct PDF download)
The Returns to Education and Training in the Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Market: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1984 - 1990. National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, May 1995.
Betwixt and Between: Education, Skills, and Employers in Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Markets. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, December 1992 (with Torry Dickinson, Lorraine Giordano, and Gail Kaplan).
A Time to Every Purpose: Integrating Academic and Occupational Education in Community Colleges and Technical Institutes. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, October 1992 (with Eileen Kraskouskas). Excerpted as "Building Bridges: How Postsecondary Institutions are Integrating Academic and Vocational Content", Vocational Education Journal, February 1993. (direct PDF download)
Community College Involvement in Contract Training and Other Economic Development Activities, Report of a Survey Conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior College and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, October 1991 (with Robert Lynch and James Palmer).
Readin', Writin', and 'Rithmetic One More Time: The Role of Remediation within Vocational Education and Job Training Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, September 1991 (with Judy Kalman, Marisa Castellano, Cynthia Brown, and Denise Bradby).
Local Systems of Work-Related Education and Training: Diversity, Interdependence, and Effectiveness. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, July, 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Education and Training for Work: The Policy Instruments and the Institutions. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, R-4026-NCRVE/UCB, April 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Order Amidst Complexity: The Status of Coordination among Vocational Education, Job Training Partnership Act, and Welfare-to-Work Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, August 1990 (with Cynthia Brown, Phillip Kaufman, and John Lederer). Case Studies for Order Amidst Complexity published as a separate volume, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, August 1990.
Innovation Versus Turf: Coordination Between Vocational Education and Job Training Partnership Act Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, April 1989 (with Cynthia Brown, Phillip Kaufman, and John Lederer).
Access, Achievement, Completion, and "Milling Around" in Postsecondary Vocational Education, report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, January 1989.
Long Time A'Comin': Options for Federal Financing of Postsecondary Vocational Education. report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, January 1989 (with David Stern).
The Postsecondary Education of 1980 Seniors Completing Academic A.A. Degrees, MPR Associates for the Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, LSB-87-5-7, May 12, 1987.
The Postsecondary Education of 1972 Seniors Completing Vocational A.A. Degrees and Certificates, MPR Associates for the Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, LSB-87-06-26, June 1987.
The Postsecondary Education of 1972 Seniors Completing Academic A.A. Degrees, MPR Associates for the Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, LSB-87-06-24, June 1987.
The Persistent Dilemmas of Preparing for Work: Occupational Training Programs in Texas, Policy Research Project Report No. 55, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs, 1983 (with Robert Glover and students).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Community Colleges Need to Build on Their Strengths" (with Marvin Lazerson). Chronicle of Higher Education, special section on community colleges, Oct. 29, 2004.
"Using Community Colleges to Re-Connect Disconnected Youth", February 2003; paper prepared for the Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA. (direct PDF download)
"The Richness of Occupational Instruction: The Paradox in U.S. Community Colleges", April 2001; to be published as conference proceedings.
"Integrating Academic and Occupational Education Among California Community Colleges: Current Practice and Future Opportunities", July 1999 (with Norena Badway); prepared for the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges.
"Land of Opportunity: Research on American Community Colleges", College Research, Vol. 3(1), 1999 (FEDA, U.K.).
"Linking School-Based and Work-Based Learning: The Implications of LaGuardia's Co-op Seminars for School-to-Work Programs", June 1995 (with Norena Badway); prepared for the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment.
"Co-operative Education in Cincinnati: Implications for School-to-Work Programs in the United States", May 1995 (with Jennifer Curry Villeneuve); prepared for the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment.
Coordination Between Vocational Education and Other Federal Programs: A Status Report. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, April 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
Summing It All Up: Lessons from the Research Literature on Ways to Promote Coordination between Vocational Education and Job Training Programs. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, November 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
"Junior Admissions at Berkeley: A Balanced Policy for Difficult Times", Committee on Admissions and Enrollment, Academic Senate, U.C. Berkeley, August 1992.
"Assessing the Coordination of Vocational Education with Other Federal Programs", National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, August 1991; reprinted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, June 1992.
"Occupational Demand and the Rise of Postsecondary Vocational Education", Report No. 83-129, Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance, Stanford University, May 1983.
Professional Activities
Director, Community College Cooperative, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, January 1999 - present (providing technical assistance to community colleges).
Member, Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace, National Academy of Sciences, Commission on the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Education, Training, and Employment; 1991 - 1994. Contributor to Janet Hansen, ed., Preparing for the Workplace: Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1994.
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Adult education
Books
The Roles of Evaluation for Education and Training: Plain Talk on the Field of Dreams. London: Kogan Paul and Geneva: International Labour Office (with Paul Ryan), 1999.
Articles
"Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training", American Journal of Education, November 1994 (with Judy Kalman).
Book Chapters
"Formalizing the Informal: Creating Effective Systems for Adult Education". In Adult Learning Policies and Practices. Paris: OECD and Seoul: KRIVET, 2004.
"Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education" (with Norena Badway and Denise Bell). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March 2003. Special issue on Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions.
"State 'Systems' of Workforce Development and the Workforce Investment Act", Workforce Investment Quarterly, National Governors Association, Vol. 5(4), 1998.
"Learning to Earn All Over Again: Current Issues in Vocational Education and Training in the United States"; and "Firm-Based Training in the United States: Implications for the Education and Training 'System' ", in C. Selby Smith and Fran Ferrier, eds., The Economic Impact of Vocational Education and Training. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, for the Monash University-ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training.
"The Developing Work-related Education and Training 'System': Partnerships and Customized Training", in Allen Phelps and Paul Thurston, eds., Public-Private Sector Collaboration in Education: Implications for Research, Policy, and the Education of Professional Educators, Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Rupert Evans Symposium, May 2-3, 1989; University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Monographs and Technical Reports
OECD Thematic Review of Adult Learning, Austria: Country Note, June 2003. Rapporteur for the Austrian country visit. (direct PDF download)
OECD Thematic Review of Adult Learning, Canada: Country Note, March 29, 2001. Rapporteur for the Canada visit, Thematic Review of Adult Learning, OECD, Paris. (direct PDF download)
Toward Order from Chaos: State Efforts to Reform Workforce Development Systems. MDS-1249, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, January 1999 (with nine co-authors).
Readin', Writin', and 'Rithmetic One More Time: The Role of Remediation within Vocational Education and Job Training Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, September 1991 (with Judy Kalman, Marisa Castellano, Cynthia Brown, and Denise Bradby).
Local Systems of Work-Related Education and Training: Diversity, Interdependence, and Effectiveness. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, July, 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Education and Training for Work: The Policy Instruments and the Institutions. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, R-4026-NCRVE/UCB, April 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: The Role of Vocational Education in Economic Development. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, June 1989 (with David Stern).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
Coordination Between Vocational Education and Other Federal Programs: A Status Report. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, April 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
Summing It All Up: Lessons from the Research Literature on Ways to Promote Coordination between Vocational Education and Job Training Programs. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, November 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
"Assessing the Coordination of Vocational Education with Other Federal Programs", National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, August 1991; reprinted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, June 1992.
Professional Activities
Member, Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace, National Academy of Sciences, Commission on the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Education, Training, and Employment; 1991 - 1994. Contributor to Janet Hansen, ed., Preparing for the Workplace: Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1994.
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Job training
Books
The Roles of Evaluation for Education and Training: Plain Talk on the Field of Dreams. London: Kogan Paul and Geneva: International Labour Office (with Paul Ryan), 1999.
Learning to Work: The Case for Re-integrating Job Training and Education. New York: Russell Sage Publications, 1996.
Articles
"Combating Policy Fragmentation: Local Systems of Vocational Education and Job Training", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , Spring 1996 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
"Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training", American Journal of Education, November 1994 (with Judy Kalman).
"The Long-run Effects of Proprietary Schools on Wages and Earnings: Implications for Federal Policy", Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Spring 1993. See also "The Long-run Effects of Proprietary Schools: Corrections", Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Fall 1994.
"Who Gets Student Aid? Variations in Access to Aid", Review of Higher Education, Spring, 1991 (with John Tuma).
Book Chapters
"The Richness of Occupational Instruction: The Paradox in U.S. Community Colleges. In F. Achtenhagen & E. G. John (Eds.), Milestones of Vocational Education and Training, Vol. 3: Political Perspectives on Vocational and Occupational Education and Training (p. 225 - 258). Bielefeld, Germany: Bertelsmann.
"Lessons from Education and Training for Youth: Five Precepts". In Preparing Youth for the 21st Century: The Transition from Education to the Labour Market. Paris: Organization for Economic and Cultural Development, 1999.
"State 'Systems' of Workforce Development and the Workforce Investment Act", Workforce Investment Quarterly, National Governors Association, Vol. 5(4), 1998.
"The Developing Work-related Education and Training 'System': Partnerships and Customized Training", in Allen Phelps and Paul Thurston, eds., Public-Private Sector Collaboration in Education: Implications for Research, Policy, and the Education of Professional Educators, Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Rupert Evans Symposium, May 2-3, 1989; University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
"Preparing Youth for Work: The Dilemmas of Education and Training Programs," in David Stern and Dorothy Eichorn, eds., Adolescence and Work: Influences of Social Structure, Labor Markets, and Culture. Hillsdale N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, 1989.
"Vocational Education and Training in California," Issue Paper No. 8, in Issue Papers: The Master Plan Renewed, Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education, August 1987. (direct PDF download)
Toward Order from Chaos: State Efforts to Reform Workforce Development Systems. MDS-1249, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, January 1999 (with nine co-authors).
Monographs and Technical Reports
Evaluating Job Training Programs in the United States: Evidence and Explanations. Training Policy Study No. 17, International Labor Organization, Geneva, 1995.
Choosing Wisely for California: Targeting the Resources of the Employment Training Panel. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, March 1993 (with Norena Badway, William Dickens, Neil Finkelstein, Hilary Hoynes, and David Stern).
Community College Involvement in Contract Training and Other Economic Development Activities, Report of a Survey Conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior College and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, October 1991 (with Robert Lynch and James Palmer).
Readin', Writin', and 'Rithmetic One More Time: The Role of Remediation within Vocational Education and Job Training Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, September 1991 (with Judy Kalman, Marisa Castellano, Cynthia Brown, and Denise Bradby).
Local Systems of Work-Related Education and Training: Diversity, Interdependence, and Effectiveness. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, July, 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Education and Training for Work: The Policy Instruments and the Institutions. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, R-4026-NCRVE/UCB, April 1991 (with Lorraine McDonnell).
Order Amidst Complexity: The Status of Coordination among Vocational Education, Job Training Partnership Act, and Welfare-to-Work Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, August 1990 (with Cynthia Brown, Phillip Kaufman, and John Lederer). Case Studies for Order Amidst Complexity published as a separate volume, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, August 1990.
Innovation Versus Turf: Coordination Between Vocational Education and Job Training Partnership Act Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, April 1989 (with Cynthia Brown, Phillip Kaufman, and John Lederer).
The Persistent Dilemmas of Preparing for Work: Occupational Training Programs in Texas, Policy Research Project Report No. 55, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs, 1983 (with Robert Glover and students).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
Coordination Between Vocational Education and Other Federal Programs: A Status Report. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, April 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
Summing It All Up: Lessons from the Research Literature on Ways to Promote Coordination between Vocational Education and Job Training Programs. Report to the National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, November 1993 (with Lawrence Bailis).
"Assessing the Coordination of Vocational Education with Other Federal Programs", National Assessment of Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education, August 1991; reprinted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, June 1992.
Professional Activities
Consultant to the Employment and Training Panel, State of California, on a study of targeting the resources of ETP, conducted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education and the Center for Labor Research and Education, Univeity of California, Berkeley, 1992 - 1994.
Member, Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace, National Academy of Sciences, Commission on the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Education, Training, and Employment; 1991 - 1994. Contributor to Janet Hansen, ed., Preparing for the Workplace: Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1994.
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Higher education financing
see below
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School reform, especially high school reform
Books
Education Through Occupations in American High Schools (edited).
Vol. I: Approaches to Integrating Academic and Vocational Education.
Vol. II: The Challenges of Implementing Curriculum Integration. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995.Articles
"Multiple resources, multiple outcomes: Testing the "improved" school finance with NELS88." June 2006; under submission to Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. (direct PDF download)
"Making Sense of Education and Training Markets: Lessons from England", American Educational Research Journal, Fall 2000 (with Neal Finkelstein).
"Giving High Schools an Occupational Focus", Educational Leadership, March 1992, special issue on "Education for Employment".
Book Chapters
"Meeting Students Non-academic Needs", Ch. 6; and "Education Through Theme-Based Learning communities", Ch. 7; in Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn, Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 2004.
School-to-Work Programs: True Reforms or Tired Retreads?" In Patricia Brown, ed., Promoting a Dialogue on School-to-Work Transitions. Washington, D.C.: National Governors' Association, 1995. Condensed version published in Education Week, August 4, 1994, as the last-page "Commentary".
Monographs and Technical Reports
The Relation of School Reform to the Integration of Vocational and Academic Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, December 1992 (with Erica Neilsen Andrew).
"The Cunning Hand, The Cultured Mind": Models for Integrating Vocational and Academic Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, July 1991 (with Gary Davis, Jeannie Lum, Jane Plihal, and Carol Morgaine). Excerpted as "Giving High Schools an Occupational Focus", Educational Leadership, March 1992; "The Challenge of Change: Integrating Vocational and Academic Education", Vocational Education Journal, February 1991; and "Reconstructing the High School: Current Efforts to Integrate Academic and Vocational Education", The Educator, November 1990, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
The Initial Effects of House Bill 72 on Texas Public Schools: The Challenges of Equity and Effectiveness, Policy Research Project Report No. 70, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs.
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Is the Comprehensive High School Doomed?" (with Marvin Lazerson). Education Week, Sept. 22, 2004.
"Decades of decline: 'First to Worst' for California schools", Sacramento Bee, March 14, 2004.
"Straight talk on school spending", San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2003.
"Reforming the Monolithic High School: The Potential Effects of 'Education Through Occupations' ", February 2002 (with Amy Ryken and Nettie Legters). Prepared for the National Research Council, Committee for Increasing High School Students'Engagement and Motivation to Learn.
Professional Activities
Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn, Board of Children, Youth, and Families, the National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2001 - 2002. Contributor to National Research Council, Engaging schools: Fostering high school students' motivation to learn. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2003.
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Equity and inequality
Teaching
Equity and Inequality in Education. Syllabus, Fall 2006.
Equity and Excellence in Education, Part I: Inequality and Equity (Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership). Syllabus, Summer 2005.
Articles
"Multiple resources, multiple outcomes: Testing the "improved" school finance with NELS88." June 2006; under submission to Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. (direct PDF download)
"Counselor, Coordinator, Monitor, Mom: The Role of Counselors in the Puente Program". Educational Policy, September 2002 (with Claudia Lara and Susan Valdez). (direct PDF download)
"Reconstructing Urban Schools with Work-Centered Education". Education and Urban Society, May 1995, special issue on "Vocational Education and School Reform: New Links from School to Work".
"Trends in Wage and Salary Inequality, 1967-88", Monthly Labor Review, June 1992 (with Robert Wilson).
"Who Gets Student Aid? Variations in Access to Aid", Review of Higher Education, Spring, 1991 (with John Tuma).
"The Effects of Differentiation on Educational Attainment: The Case of Community Colleges", Review of Higher Education, Summer 1989.
"Sources of Increasing Inequality in Wages and Salaries, 1960-80", Monthly Labor Review, April 1989 (with Robert Wilson). (direct PDF download)
"The Price of Local Discretion: Inequalities in Welfare Spending Within Texas", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Spring 1984.
"The Dynamic Implications of the Tiebout Model: The Changing Compostion of Boston Communities, 1969-1970", Public Finance Quarterly, January 1982.
"The First Round of Legislative Reforms in the Post-Serrano World", Law and Contemporary Problems, Winter-Spring 1974.
Book Chapters
"Families and schools raising children: The inequitable effects of family background on schooling outcomes". Forthcoming in Jill Duerr Berrick and Neil Gilbert, eds., Raising Children: Emerging Needs, Modern Risks, and Social Response, Center on Children, Youth, and Parents. (direct PDF download)
"The Elusiveness of Educational Equity: From Revenues to Resources to Results", January 2004. Forthcoming in Susan Fuhrman and David Cohen, eds., The State of Education Policy Research. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
"Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education" (with Norena Badway and Denise Bell). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March 2003. Special issue on Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions.
"Second Chances in Changing Times: The Roles of Community Colleges in Advancing Low-Skilled Workers", in Richard Kazis and Marc Miller, eds. Low-Wage Workers in the New Economy: Strategies for Opportunity and Advancement. Washington D.C.: Urban Institute Press, 2001. Short version published in National Council on Occupational Education, Workplace, Winter 2001.
"Reducing Inequality Through Education: Millennial Resolutions", in M. Calabrese, ed., Passing the Test: The National Interest in Good Schools for All. Washington D.C.: Center for National Policy, March 2000.
The Old Problem of 'New Students': Purpose, Content, and Pedagogy", in Erwin Flaxman and A. Harry Passow, editors, Changing Populations/Changing Schools. 94th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
"Moving Toward Equity: The Effects of House Bill 72 on School Expenditures in Texas," Public Affairs Comment, Summer 1985, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs (with Cathy Stahl, Barbara Steakley, and John Zapata). Earlier version published in the June 1985 Newsletter of the Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio.
"Ketchup and Other Vegetables: The Plight of Children Under Ronald Reagan," in Jacques Boulet, Ann Marie Debrito, and Shirley Aisha Ray, Understanding the Economic Crisis: The Impact of Poverty and Unemployment on Children and Families (Ann Arbor: Bush Program in Child Development and Social Policy, University of Michigan, 1985), (with Julia Green Brody). Excerpted as "Let Them Eat Ketchup," The Texas Observer, October 12, 1984; and "The Plight of Children," Texas Legal Services Center Alert, November 1984.
"Gender Roles and the State," in Daisy Quarm, Kathryn Borman and Sarah Gideonse, eds., Women in the Workplace: The Effects on Children and Families. New York: Ablex, 1984 (with Marvin Lazerson).
"Spending Inequalities for Children's Programs in Texas," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, special issue on "The Young Child and Social Policy," May 1982 (with Julia Green Brody).
"The Causes of School Finance Inequalities: Serrano and the Case of California," Public Finance Quarterly, July 1977 (with Jack Osman).
"The Distribution of Costs and Benefits in an Urban Public School System," National Tax Journal, March 1971.
Monographs and Technical Reports
OECD Thematic Review of Equity in Education. Finland: Country Note, May 2005. Rapporteur for the Finland country visit, April 2005. (direct PDF download)
From Black Box to Pandora's Box: Evaluating Remedial/Developmental Education. Occasional Paper, Community College Research Center, Institute on Education and the Economy, Columbia University, February 2001. (direct PDF download)
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned in Helsinki", Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2005, Commentary.
"Using Community Colleges to Re-Connect Disconnected Youth", February 2003; paper prepared for the Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA. (direct PDF download)
"Setting the Record Straight: Admissions at U.C. Berkeley", Committee on Admissions and Enrollment, Academic Senate, U.C. Berkeley, May 29, 1992. Other versions included in "Letters", San Francisco Focus, July 1992; The Berkeleyan, Sept. 9-22, 1992; and The Daily Californian, May 20, 1992.
"Junior Admissions at Berkeley: A Balanced Policy for Difficult Times", Committee on Admissions and Enrollment, Academic Senate, U.C. Berkeley, August 1992.
"Poor Children: Strategies in Search of Sponsors," June 1986, presented at "Social Welfare Policy in a Market Economy: The Visible Hand," University of Michigan, April 1986, and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, October 1986.
"Tacos for the Queen, Ketchup for the Kids: The Plight of Hispanic Children Under Ronald Reagan," prepared for the Southwest Voter Registration Project, August 1984 (with Julia Green Brody and Maria Garza-Lubeck).
"Training or Tracking: Equity and Access in Vocational Education," prepared for the National Center for Research in Vocation Education, Ohio State University, Equity and Accountability in Vocational Education: Problems and Perspectives, Fall 1980.
Professional Activities
Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn, Board of Children, Youth, and Families, the National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2001 - 2002. Contributor to National Research Council, Engaging schools: Fostering high school students' motivation to learn. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2003.
Member (1989-90), Vice-chair (1990-91), and Chair (1991-92), Committee on Admissions and Enrollment, Academic Senate, U.C. Berkeley. Member (1990-92) and Chair, High School Subcommittee (1991-92), Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), University of California.
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Dynamic inequality
Articles
"Dynamic inequality I: Using NELS88 to analyze schooling outcomes over time." July 2006; paper in progress. (direct PDF download)
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Conceptions of equity
Articles
"What should be equalized? Litigation, equity, and the 'improved' school finance." Prepared for the Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity, project on "Rethinking Rodriguez: Education as a Fundamental Right". Forthcoming as conference proceedings. (direct PDF download)
"The Unending Search for Equity: California Policy, the 'Improved' School Finance, and the Williams Case". Teachers College Record, November 2004, special issue on Williams v. California(with Laura Goe and Luis Huerta). (direct PDF download)
Book Chapters
"The Elusiveness of Educational Equity: From Revenues to Resources to Results", January 2004. Forthcoming in Susan Fuhrman and David Cohen, eds., The State of Education Policy Research. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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Equity-related litigation
Articles
"What should be equalized? Litigation, equity, and the 'improved' school finance." Prepared for the Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity, project on "Rethinking Rodriguez: Education as a Fundamental Right". Forthcoming as conference proceedings. (direct PDF download)
"Pedagogical Alignment and Curricular Consistency: The Challenges for Developmental Education" (with Rebecca Cox). In Carol Kozerecki, ed., Responding to the Challenges of Developmental Education. New Directions for Community Colleges No. 129. Spring 2005. (direct PDF download)
"The Unending Search for Equity: California Policy, the 'Improved' School Finance, and the Williams Case". Teachers College Record, November 2004, special issue on Williams v. California(with Laura Goe and Luis Huerta). (direct PDF download)
"The First Round of Legislative Reforms in the Post-Serrano World", Law and Contemporary Problems, Winter-Spring 1974.
"Public School Finance in a Post-Serrano World," Harvard Civil Rights--Civil Liberties Law Review, May 1973 (with Stephan Michelson).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Declaration of W. Norton Grubb regarding the harms of not receiving a high school diploma", prepared for Morrison and Foerster, in the case of Valenzuela et al. v. Jack O'Connell et al., February 2006.
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Social Policy for children and youth
Books
The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Fall 2004 (with Marvin Lazerson).
Broken Promises: How Americans Fail Their Children. New York: Basic Books, 1982 (with Marvin Lazerson). Reissued in paperback with Postscript, "Let Them Eat Ketchup: The Plight of Children in the 1980s", University of Chicago Press, 1988. Published in Korean by Wonmisa Press, Seoul, 2004.
"Young Children Face the State: Issues and Options for Early Childhood Programs", American Journal of Education, August 1989.
Articles
"The Price of Local Discretion: Inequalities in Welfare Spending Within Texas", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Spring 1984.
"Vocational Solutions to Youth Problems: The Persistent Frustration of the American Experience," Educational Analysis (London), special issue on "Schools, Youth, and Work," Fall 1981 (with Marvin Lazerson). Reprinted in American Vocational Association Yearbook, 1981, December 1981.
Book Chapters
"Families and schools raising children: The inequitable effects of family background on schooling outcomes". Forthcoming in Jill Duerr Berrick and Neil Gilbert, eds., Raising Children: Emerging Needs, Modern Risks, and Social Response, Center on Children, Youth, and Parents. (direct PDF download)
"Preparing Youth for Work: The Dilemmas of Education and Training Programs," in David Stern and Dorothy Eichorn, eds., Adolescence and Work: Influences of Social Structure, Labor Markets, and Culture. Hillsdale N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, 1989.
"Ketchup and Other Vegetables: The Plight of Children Under Ronald Reagan," in Jacques Boulet, Ann Marie Debrito, and Shirley Aisha Ray, Understanding the Economic Crisis: The Impact of Poverty and Unemployment on Children and Families (Ann Arbor: Bush Program in Child Development and Social Policy, University of Michigan, 1985), (with Julia Green Brody). Excerpted as "Let Them Eat Ketchup," The Texas Observer, October 12, 1984; and "The Plight of Children," Texas Legal Services Center Alert, November 1984.
"I Doni di Vulcan, La Disperazione della Gioventu: Technologia Avanzata, Educazione e Disoccupazione Giovanile," in Quaderni della Regione Lombardia, La Preperazione dei Giovanni al Lavoro e ad Altri Ruoli Sociali, 1984. Also available as "The Gifts of Vulcan, The Despair of Youth: Advanced Technology, Education, and Youth Unemployment," presented at an OECD/Italian Government conference on "The Preparation of Young People for Work and Other Adult Roles," Bergamo, Italy, October 4-8, 1983.
"Public Expenditures for Children and Youth in Texas," Public Affairs Comment, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs, May 1982.
"Spending Inequalities for Children's Programs in Texas," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, special issue on "The Young Child and Social Policy," May 1982 (with Julia Green Brody).
"Education and the Labor Market: Recycling the Youth Problem." in Harvey Kantor and David Tyack, eds., Work, Youth, and Schooling: Historical Perspectives on Vocationalism in American Education, Stanford University Press, 1982 (with Marvin Lazerson).
Monographs and Technical Reports
Far, Far to Go: Public Spending for Children and Youth in Texas, Special Project Report, 1982 (with Patricia Griffin Heilbrun and Christine Galavotti).
Funds, Force, Friction: Intergovernmental Relations in Programs for Children and Youth in Texas, Policy Research Project Report No. 48, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs, 1982 (with Lodis Rhodes and students).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Using Community Colleges to Re-Connect Disconnected Youth", February 2003; paper prepared for the Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA. (direct PDF download)
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Early childhood education
Articles
"Child Care, Government Financing, and the Public Schools: Lessons from the California Children's Centers," School Review, November 1977 (with Marvin Lazerson).
Book Chapters
"The Policy Issues Surrounding Quality and Content in Early Care and Education", in Barbara Scales, Millie Almy, Ageliki Nicolopoulou, and Susan Ervin-Tripp, eds., Play and the Social Context of Development in Early Care and Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1991.
"Choosing Wisely for Children: Policy Options for Early Childhood Programs", in Sharon Lynn Kagan, ed., The Care and Education of America's Young Children: Obstacles and Opportunities. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education, 90th Yearbook, 1991.
"The Conundrums of Child Care and Early Childhood Programs in California," in Michael Kirst, The Conditions of Children in California, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), University of California, Berkeley, 1989.
Monographs and Technical Reports
Choices for Children: Policy Options for State Provision of Early Childhood Programs. Finance Collaborative Working Paper No. 5, Education Commission of the States and National Conference of State Legislatures, October 1988.
Young Children Face the States: Issues and Options for Early Childhood Programs, Policy Brief No. 1, Center for Policy Research in Education, Rutgers University, May 1987.
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Choosing Wisely for Children: Policy Issues in Early Childhood Education and the Implications for Data Collection", paper prepared for the National Center for Educational Statistics Commissioned Papers on Early Childhood/Elementary Education, November 1989.
"Public School Provision of Child Care: Costs and Consequences," prepared for the Child Care Action Campaign Wingspread Symposium, Racine, Wisconsin, April 1988.
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School leadership
Teaching
Purposes and Values in Urban Education Leadership (Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership). Syllabus, Summer 2003.
Articles
" 'A Job Too Big for One': Multiple Principles and Other Approaches to Reforming School Leadership", October 2003, under submission to Education Administration Quarterly (with Joseph Flessa, Lynda Tredway, Jane Stern, Linda Lambert, Margaret Szabo, Michael Chirichello).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Principals as Researchers and Analysts: New Challenges for Reforming School Leadership Programs", paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, April 2003.
"The Dilemmas of Schools of Education: Developments in Educational Administration at U.C. Berkeley", prepared for the Conference on the Professional Doctorate, University of California, Davis, June 1989.
Professional Activities
Faculty Coordinator, Principal Leadership Institute, U.C,. Berkeley, Spring 1999 - present.
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International and comparative writing
Books
The Roles of Evaluation for Education and Training: Plain Talk on the Field of Dreams. London: Kogan Paul and Geneva: International Labour Office (with Paul Ryan), 1999.
Articles
"Vocationalism and the differentiation of tertiary education: Lessons from U.S. community colleges." Journal of Further and Higher Education, February 2006; special issue edited by Michael Young. (subscription required)
"English Education and the Anglo-American Approach to Vocationalism", Journal of Education and Work, forthcoming, July 2006; special issue focused on this paper and commentaries. (direct PDF download)
"Cinderella Without Her Prince: Further Education Colleges in England". Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education (U.K.), 2005. (subscription required)
"Alternatives to Universities Revisited", in Education Policy Analysis 2004. Paris: OECD, 2005 (with Richard Sweet). (direct PDF download)
"Making Sense of Education and Training Markets: Lessons from England", American Educational Research Journal, Fall 2000 (with Neal Finkelstein).
"Opening Classrooms and Improving Teaching: Lessons from School Inspection in England". Teachers College Record, August 2000. (direct PDF download)
"The Convergence of Education Systems and the Role of Vocationalism," Comparative Education Review, November 1985.
Book Chapters
"The Globalization of Rhetoric and Practice: The Education Gospel and Vocationalism", forthcoming in a volume edited by Hugh Lauder and A.H. Halsey for Oxford University Press
"The Education Gospel and Vocationalism in International Perspective: The Promises and the Limits of Formal Schooling". Forthcoming in Rupert MacLean and David Wilson, eds., International Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training. Kluwer Publishers for UNEVOC/UNESCO.
"Formalizing the Informal: Creating Effective Systems for Adult Education". In Adult Learning Policies and Practices. Paris: OECD and Seoul: KRIVET, 2004.
"Improvement or Control? A U.S. View of English Inspection", in Cedric Cullingford, ed., An Inspector Calls: OFSTED and its Effect on School Standards. London: Kogan Page, 1999.
Monographs and Technical Reports
OECD Thematic Review of Equity in Education, Korea: Country Note, Forthcoming, 2006. Rapporteur for the Korean country visit, October 2005.
OECD Thematic Review of Equity in Education. Finland: Country Note, May 2005. Rapporteur for the Finland country visit, April 2005. (direct PDF download)
The Anglo-American Approach to Vocationalism: The Economic Roles of Education in England. Research Paper 52, October 2004. Oxford University: Centre on Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance (SKOPE). (direct PDF download)
The Roles of Tertiary Colleges and Institutes: Trade-Offs in Restructuring Post-secondary Education. Working Paper, Directorate of Education, Education and Training Policy Division. Paris: OECD. (direct PDF download)
OECD Thematic Review of Adult Learning. Austria: Country Note, June 2003. Rapporteur for the Austrian country visit. (direct PDF download)
Tertiary Education and the Learning Society: Country Responses and Future Options. Proposed Thematic Review of Tertiary Education. Paris: OCED, Directorate of Education, Education and Training Policy, February 2003.
OECD Thematic Review of Adult Learning, Canada: Country Note, March 29, 2001. Rapporteur for the Canada visit, Thematic Review of Adult Learning, OECD, Paris. (direct PDF download)
Who I am: The inadequacy of career information in the information age. Paper prepared for the OECD Career Guidance Policy Review. Available at www.oecd.org/dataoecd/ 32/35/1954678.pdf. Also available in French. (direct PDF download)
"An Occupation in Harmony": The Role of Markets and Governments in Career Information and Guidance. Paper commissioned by the European Commission and the OECD for the OECD Career Guidance Review. (direct PDF download)
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Pedagogy and policy
Teaching
The Educational System of the United States: Institutional Effects on Pedagogy. Fall 2002.
Books
Honored But Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges. New York and London: Routledge, 1999 (with seven Associates). Received the Distinguished Faculty Award, Center for the Study of Diversity in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; and the Senior Scholar Award, Council for the Study of Community Colleges.
Working in the Middle: Strengthening Education and Training for the Mid-Skilled Labor Force. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.
Education Through Occupations in American High Schools (edited).
Vol. I: Approaches to Integrating Academic and Vocational Education.
Vol. II: The Challenges of Implementing Curriculum Integration. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995.Articles
"Pedagogical Alignment and Curricular Consistency: The Challenges for Developmental Education" (with Rebecca Cox). In Carol Kozerecki, ed., Responding to the Challenges of Developmental Education. New Directions for Community Colleges No. 129. Spring 2005. (direct PDF download)
"Opening Classrooms and Improving Teaching: Lessons from School Inspection in England". Teachers College Record, August 2000. (direct PDF download)
"The Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Market and the Advantages of Co-operative Education". Journal of Co-operative Education, Winter 1995, special issue on "Preparing Students for the Twenty-first Century Workplace".
"Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training", American Journal of Education, November 1994 (with Judy Kalman).
Book Chapters
"Vocational and Occupational Education: Pedagogical Complexity, Institutional Diversity". In Virginia Richardson, ed., Handbook of Research on Teaching, Fourth Edition. Washington D.C.: American Educational Research Association, 2001 (with Frank Achtenhagen).
"Improvement or Control? A U.S. View of English Inspection", in Cedric Cullingford, ed., An Inspector Calls: OFSTED and its Effect on School Standards. London: Kogan Page, 1999.
"Dick and Jane at Work: The New Vocationalism and Occupational Literacy Programs", in Glynda Hull (ed.), Changing Work, Changing Workers: Critical Perspectives on Language, Literacy, and Skills. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997.
The Old Problem of 'New Students': Purpose, Content, and Pedagogy", in Erwin Flaxman and A. Harry Passow, editors, Changing Populations/Changing Schools. 94th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
"The Richness of Occupational Instruction: The Paradox in U.S. Community Colleges", in F. Achtenhagen & E. G. John (Eds.), Milestones of Vocational Education and Training, Vol 3: Political Perspectives on Vocational and Occupational Education and Training (p. 225-258). Bielefeld, Germany: Bertelsmann. (direct PDF download)
Monographs and Technical Reports
Linking School-based and Work-based Learning: The Implications of LaGuardia's Co-op Seminars for School-to-Work Programs. MDS-1046, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, March 1998 (with Norena Badway).
Community College Innovation in Workforce Preparation: Curriculum Integration and Tech Prep. Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College, 1996 (with Norena Badway, Denise Bell, and Eileen Kraskouskas).
Indigenous School-to-Work Programs: Lessons from Cincinnati's Co-op Education. May 1966, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley (with Jennifer Curry Villeneuve). (direct PDF download)
"The Cunning Hand, The Cultured Mind": Models for Integrating Vocational and Academic Education. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, July 1991 (with Gary Davis, Jeannie Lum, Jane Plihal, and Carol Morgaine). Excerpted as "Giving High Schools an Occupational Focus", Educational Leadership, March 1992; "The Challenge of Change: Integrating Vocational and Academic Education", Vocational Education Journal, February 1991; and "Reconstructing the High School: Current Efforts to Integrate Academic and Vocational Education", The Educator, November 1990, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
Readin', Writin', and 'Rithmetic One More Time: The Role of Remediation within Vocational Education and Job Training Programs, Report to Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Labor. Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, September 1991 (with Judy Kalman, Marisa Castellano, Cynthia Brown, and Denise Bradby).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"The Richness of Occupational Instruction: The Paradox in U.S. Community Colleges", April 2001; to be published as conference proceedings.
"Integrating Academic and Occupational Education Among California Community Colleges: Current Practice and Future Opportunities", July 1999 (with Norena Badway); prepared for the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges.
"Linking School-Based and Work-Based Learning: The Implications of LaGuardia's Co-op Seminars for School-to-Work Programs", June 1995 (with Norena Badway); prepared for the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment.
"Co-operative Education in Cincinnati: Implications for School-to-Work Programs in the United States", May 1995 (with Jennifer Curry Villeneuve); prepared for the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment.
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Public financing (other than school finance and resources)
Articles
"Economic Analysis in Regulatory Decision: The Implication of Executive Order 12291", Science, Technology and Human Values, special issue on "The Role of Science in Regulation," January 1984 (with Dale Whittington).
"The Flight to the Suburbs of Population and Employment, 1960-1970," Journal of Urban Economics, May 1982.
"The Dynamic Implications of the Tiebout Model: The Changing Compostion of Boston Communities, 1969-1970", Public Finance Quarterly, January 1982.
"Circuit Breaker Schedules and Their Application in California," Policy Analysis, Summer 1978 (with E. Gary Hoachlander). Earlier expanded version prepared for the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development, HEW, October 1974.
Book Chapters
"The Ambiguities of Cost Benefit Analysis: An Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12291," in V. Kerry Smith, ed. Environmental Policy Under Reagan's Executive Order: The Role of Benefit-Cost Analysis. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1984, (with Dale Whittington and Michael Humphries).
"State Estimates of Federal Government Purchases: 1947, 1958, 1963," Chapter 6 of Karen Polenske (ed.), State Estimates of Gross National Product, Heath-Lexington Books, 1972 (with Bo Carlsson and Mary Shirley).
"The Distribution of Costs and Benefits in an Urban Public School System," National Tax Journal, March 1971.
Monographs and Technical Reports
Funding Texas State Government: An Analysis of Taxes and Selected Non-Tax Revenues. Joint Select Committee on Fiscal Policy, State of Texas, January 1985.
The Texas Highway Cost Index: An Assessment. Policy Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984 (with Michael Walton and Leigh Boske).
Other Papers, Reports, and Op-Ed Pieces
"Not Much There There: Changes in Land Use and Population Composition in the Boston Area, 1960-1970," presented at the 1982 TRED Conference on "Tax Competition, Local Government, and Land Use," Cambridge, Mass., September 9-11, 1982.
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