These information sheets provide a focused topic
in a short, easy to digest format. Additional topics are being
prepared and will be provided as they become available.
This one page handout presents research showing the payoff for occupational education for both the public investment of funds and the students’ investment of time. The evidence that Post-secondary education clearly enhances the lifetime earnings of individuals increasing their contribution as productive taxpayers is provided in a short, easy to digest format.
California community colleges prepare students for needed public service positions. Demand is high for workers in health, administration of justice, fire technology, and other public service occupations. The California community colleges prepare a high percentage of the workers in these fields.
This information series is a project of the Vocational Research
and Accountability Committee of the California Community College System using funds from the Carl Perkins Vocational
Education Act, PL 105-332. It is produced by the Center for Student Success of the Research and Planning Group. For more
information: accountabilityinfo@cerritos.edu.
