Preparing a STEM Workforce through Career-Technical Education: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 178 (J-B CC Single Issue Community Colleges)

This volume examines STEM education, preparation, and career exploration--and the role of career and technical education (CTE) in preparing individuals for the STEM workforce. Highlighting avenues for success and exemplary practices, the volume covers topics such as:
1) Incorporating experiential learning activities for students in CTE-STEM programs,
2) Providing avenues and effective strategies for closing the skills gap for students in CTE-STEM through
funding and evaluation and assessment activities, 
3) Highlighting the experiences of women in CTE-STEM related programs, and
4) Implications for policy and practice.

This is the 178th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.

Dimitra Jackson Smith is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership (Higher Education Program) at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

Soko Starobin is an education consultant/evaluator.