Does College Ready = Ready For Workforce Training?

Several national organizations claim these two are virtually the same. But I went to Kentucky to study their community and technical colleges compared to their four year colleges. The placement standards are different for these different institutions. The community colleges offer AA/AS degrees that have similar math courses and placement cut scores on Compass to the 4 year colleges. But the community colleges also offer diploma and certificate programs that have lower level math courses and cut scores for completion. These different standards are appropriate given the occupations students want – eg. there are three different programs for welding preparation.

If students must meet the same standards for all types of postsecondary work then some students will be put in college remediation that is not required by their workforce training programs.

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