College and Career Ready: What Does It Mean?

College and Career Ready: What Does It Mean?

May 2011

Presenter: James R. Stone, III, Ed.D., Director, NRCCTE

NRCCTE Director Jim Stone shares his thoughts about the concept of college and career ready.

Recommended further readings on college and career readiness:

Association for Career and Technical Education. (2010, April). What is career ready? Alexandria, VA: Association for Career and Technical Education.

Carnevale, A. P., Smith, N., & Strohl, J. (2010, June). Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018. Washington, DC: Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. (2010, August). Learning for jobs: OECD reviews of vocational education and training. Paris, France: OECD.

Symonds, W. C., Schwartz, R. B., & Ferguson, R. (2011, February). Pathways to prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century. Cambridge, MA: Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education.