8:30 – 9:15 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:15 – 9:30 am Welcome
Michal Kurlaender & Ann Stevens, University of California, Davis

9:30 – 10 :15 am Just the Facts Ma’am: Postsecondary Education and Labor Market Outcomes in the U.S.
Erin Dunlop & Harry Holzer, Georgetown University

10:15 – 10:30 am BREAK

10:30 – 11:15 am Labor Market Returns to Community College Degrees and Certificates in Michigan
Susan Dynarski, Brian Jacob, &  Daniel Kreisman, University of Michigan

11:15 – 12:00 pm The Scope of Career Technical Education for Workforce Development at California’s Community Colleges
Michal Kurlaender & Ann Stevens, University of California, Davis

12:00 – 12:45 pm LUNCH

12:45 – 1:30 pm
Using HS-GPA and Field-of-Study to Assess Performance Differences Across Florida Community Colleges and Predict Student Earnings and Program Completion
Lou Jacobson, New Horizons Economic Research

1:30 – 2:15 pm Improving Community College CTE Outcomes through Policy Change
Nancy Shulock, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, California State University Sacramento

2:15 – 2:30 pm BREAK

2:30 – 3:00 pm Emerging RCTs in Career Technical Education
Mary Visher, MDRC

3:00 – 3:45 pm Working with UI Records: Lessons from Ohio
Eric Bettinger, Stanford University

3:45 – 4:30 pm The Challenges of Working with State UI Data
Brian Jacob, University of Michigan

4:30 pm Closing Comments and Next Steps
Michal Kurlaender & Ann Stevens, University of California, Davis