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The Influence of Program Costs on Noncredit Workforce Education Enrollment<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Katherine Hughes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

July 2026<\/p>\n

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The Influence of Work Histories on Noncredit Workforce Education Enrollment<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicole Sandelier Boyd<\/p>\n

July 2026<\/p>\n

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Eliza Pe<\/span>t<\/span>erson,\u00a0Katherine Hughes,\u00a0<\/span>Michelle Van Noy, and\u00a0Wendy Sedlak<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why Now? Understanding Pathways to Enrollment in Community College Noncredit Workforce Programs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Katherine Hughes, Nicole Sandelier Boyd, Maria Luz Espino, Michelle Van Noy<\/p>\n

January 2026<\/p>\n

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Four Things We Need to Know About Community College<\/a><\/strong> Noncredit <\/a><\/strong>Workforce Programs & the Students Who Enroll in Them<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katherine Hughes & Michelle Van Noy<\/p>\n

May 2025<\/p>\n

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\u201dIt Definitely Opens That Door for Me\u201d: Student Experiences in Noncredit Workforce Education at Three Community Colleges<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
April 4, 2025, Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference<\/div>\n
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Eliza Peterson, Education and Employment Research Center, Rutgers University<\/p>\n

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Capturing Noncredit Workforce Student Experiences and Perspectives<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
March 11, 2025, League for Innovation in the Community College’s 2025 Innovation Conference<\/div>\n
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Jennifer Merrill, Student Services Manager, Northern Virginia Community College Workforce Development<\/div>\n
Eliza Peterson, Education and Employment Research Center, Rutgers University<\/div>\n
Katherine Hughes, American Institutes for Research<\/div>\n

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For more of our related works, please visit EERC’s Quality in Community College Noncredit Education<\/a> page.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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