Peter Bahr

Many states are seeking to increase the number of individuals who hold sub-baccalaureate postsecondary certificates in occupational fields. Most postsecondary certificates are awarded by community colleges (CCs), but a number of states have a second system of public sub-baccalaureate institutions that award postsecondary certificates, known as career and technical centers (CTCs). Limited evidence suggests that student completion and employment rates are notably higher in CTCs than in CCs, bu...

The Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) conducts research and provides national leadership (in cooperation with IES) in order to advance knowledge regarding the link between postsecondary education and the labor market. The Center aims to clarify this link with attention to three key topics: (1) relatively short-term occupational degrees (occupational associate degrees and certificates or diplomas) that are designed to improve labor market outcomes; (2) th...