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28368.02-Study of Credentials

Study quality: Low

Low

Reason for the rating: This study received a low study quality rating because the effect of the intervention cannot be disentangled from the effect of another factor that was also present during the intervention.

Intervention: Credentials to Careers (C2C)—Shoreline Community College

Services provided:

Education, Soft skills training, Training (Occupational or sectoral training), Work readiness activities (Job development/job placement)

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Setting: Urban only

Study design

Design:

Quasi-experimental design

Study group formation:

This study was a quasi-experimental design. Students who enrolled in Shoreline's C2C machinists program from January 2013 to June 2015 were included in the intervention group. The comparison group consisted of students who participated in Shoreline's machinists program before its expansion and improvement with C2C funding. For the earnings outcome, researchers included only program completers in the analytic sample. In total, researchers collected earnings data for 99 students in the intervention group and 88 students in the comparison group. The unit of analysis was at the individual level.

Time period of study:

Intervention outcomes were measured between 2013 and 2015.

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Sample characteristics

Specific employment barriers

Were military veterans

18%

Intervention implementation

Implementing organization:

Shoreline Community College

Intervention services:

C2C was a community college consortium designed to develop and provide education and training to prepare unemployed, underemployed, and displaced workers to take on jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math industries. Participants in Shoreline Community College’s local C2C program enrolled in machinist training programs such as the Machine Maintenance Certificate and Quality Assurance Certificate programs. Career navigators led work-readiness activities focused on job placement and building relationships with employers, as well as soft-skills coaching. Participants also received support from a shop manager and tool shop technicians; teaching assistants; and a student navigator who helped with recruitment, admissions, intake, and acquiring funding and materials for coursework.

Mandatory services:

None

Comparison services:

The comparison group received training in Shoreline's machinist program before its improvement and expansion with C2C funds. This group did receive some of the same services as the intervention group, including support by a career navigator.

Study publications

Skilton-Sylvester, Paul, Steve Myran, Gunder Myran, Steven Ross, and Mitchell Williams (2016). Final evaluation report implementation and outcomes of Credentials to Careers, Canadian Lakes, MI: Myran & Associates LLC. Available at https://www.skillscommons.org/bitstream/handle/taaccct/15623/Final%20C2C%20Implementation%20and%20Outcomes%20Report_Myran%20and%20Associates_9-18-16_Corrected_1_20_2017.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y .

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28368.02-Study of Credentials