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The report of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) national evaluation presents survey results across all four rounds of TAACCCT grants to describe how the implementation of grant activities differed for three subgroups of colleges: rural colleges, colleges whose grant activities focused on their local economy’s recovery and expansion, and colleges that implemented work-based learning activities. For each subgroup the report describes variation in the type of services funded by the grant, the target population and recruitment strategies, partnerships, and expectations for sustaining the grant activities. The data source for the report is a survey of the colleges that participated in each round of the grants. The survey collected detailed descriptive information on how colleges implemented grant-funded activities, including three categories of strategies to build colleges’ capacity to serve adult learners.

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Research Questions

• What were the experiences of colleges using grants that served a rural population?
• What were the experiences of colleges implementing grant activities that focused on local economic recovery or expansion?
• What were the experiences of colleges using grants that provided work-based learning activities?

Key Takeaways

• Both rural and other colleges focused their grant activities on a broad range of industries, with a few differences among less common industries.
• A greater percentage of economy-focused than other colleges implemented accelerated learning, college persistence, and connections to employment strategies.
• Work-based learning and other colleges reported recruiting similar target populations under the grant. However, a greater proportion of work-based learning colleges reported recruiting each target subgroup.

Citation

Smith, A., Turnham, J., Williams, J., Gardiner, K., Adams, T. (2020). A Picture of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants: Special Topics Findings from the College Surveys. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.

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