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Title: Local Labor Market Alignment of Short-Term Certificate Programs
Language: English
Authors: Sophie McGuinness (ORCID 0009-0007-4814-6171)
Source: Research in Higher Education. 2025 66(6).
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 27
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Two Year Colleges
Descriptors: Labor Market, Alignment (Education), Community Colleges, Community College Students, Student Certification, Labor Force Development, Credentials, Educational Trends, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Employment Patterns
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-025-09852-8
ISSN: 0361-0365
1573-188X
Abstract: Short-term certificate (STC) programs at community colleges represent a long-standing policy priority to align accelerated postsecondary credentials with job opportunities in local labor markets. Despite large investments in developing STCs, little evidence exists about where and when STCs are opened and whether community colleges open new programs of study in coordination with labor market trends. Using public workforce and postsecondary data, I examine health and manufacturing STC program openings to understand alignment with labor market activity in related industries. I find that STCs are spatially aligned across labor markets within a state, but not necessarily temporally aligned with county-specific trends. One additional STC per college is associated with labor markets that had 2-3% points more total employment and new hires in related industries. Large launches of clustered STC programs occurred before periods of growth in health employment but declines in manufacturing. Large launches preceded earnings growth of 2-5% points in both sectors.
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