Predicting Community College Outcomes: Does High School CTE Participation Have a Significant Effect?

Dietrich, Cecile; Lichtenberger, Eric J.; Kamalludeen, Rosemaliza

doi:10.21061/jcte.v31i1.1495

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“…After high school graduation, CTE students are more likely to delay their educational goals or pursue shorter-term career interests (Laird et al, 2006). When they do enroll, CTE students are more likely to enroll in community colleges and earn a certificate or associate degree, but less likely to enroll in four-year institutions (Dietrich et al, 2016;Stevens et al, 2019). While little research has examined CTE high school students who enroll in a community college and transfer to a fouryear (Hioki et al, 2015), existing empirical data suggests that the transfer pathway is highly distinctive by CTE fields (Gottfried & Plasman, 2018a).…”

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But, Do I Need a College Degree?: Understanding Perceptions of College and Career Readiness among Students Enrolled in a Career and Technical High School

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Career and technical education (CTE) and college preparation curriculum in high school are often treated as mutually exclusive options rather than integrated, symbiotic tracks. However, increasingly career fields require some postsecondary education, and access to four-year college degrees are important for long-term earnings and mobility. In this two-year case study, we examined how 16 juniors enrolled in a CTE high school described and perceived their college and career aspirations. Our findings revealed that participants saw vocational and academic goals as mutually beneficial but experienced them through distinctive pathways, a disconnect amplified by a lack of resources in our sample site. While mechanisms to promote collegegoing existed, they were often only available to subsets of students and of limited utility. From this research, we suggest that the education system should expand dual enrollment opportunities, provide mentorship of diverse career possibilities, and begin integration between college and career planning earlier in students' schooling. Moreover, we examine the possibilities demonstrated by this case study for K-16 pathways and how postsecondary institutions can meaningfully engage with CTE schools to support this integration.

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But, Do I Need a College Degree?: Understanding Perceptions of College and Career Readiness among Students Enrolled in a Career and Technical High School

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“…Following prior research on the positive effect of CTE on students’ enrollment and success in postsecondary education (Dietrich, Lichtenberger, & Kamalludeen, ; Gottfried & Plasman, ), we are interested in knowing the process by which CTE guides students to college success. In particular, our goal is to tease out the role of academic motivation and incremental steps students take during their educational journey that leads to the completion of a postsecondary credential.…”

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Utilizing NCES Survey Data for the Study of Postsecondary Pathways and Success: Challenges and Future Directions

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The Influence of Earning an Industry Certification in High School on Going to College: The Florida CAPE Act

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2021

Journal of Career and Technical Education

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Jobs that pay livable wages increasingly call for educational attainment beyond a high school diploma, but many of these jobs do not need a bachelor's degree. By earning industry certifications in high school, students may be better prepared for life after graduation. In 2007, Florida enacted the Career and Professional Education (CAPE) Act, through which schools receive support to give students the opportunity to earn industry certifications while in high school. Once the state enacted this policy, the number of students earning certifications increased dramatically. Using data from the Florida Department of Education's Education Data Warehouse, we compared college enrollment and degree attainment for certification earners to non-earners. Then, we compared outcomes for earners within each career cluster (such as Architecture & Construction) to the combined results for earners in all other career clusters. Relative to non-earners, certification earners had higher rates of immediate enrollment at 2-year colleges, and higher rates of earning an associate degree. Among certification earners, few career clusters had positive associations with postsecondary outcomes relative to other career clusters.

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Predicting Community College Outcomes: Does High School CTE Participation Have a Significant Effect?

Abstract: The Role of Academic Student Services in the Retention of American Indian Students at a Sub-Baccalaureate Technical College.

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But, Do I Need a College Degree?: Understanding Perceptions of College and Career Readiness among Students Enrolled in a Career and Technical High School

But, Do I Need a College Degree?: Understanding Perceptions of College and Career Readiness among Students Enrolled in a Career and Technical High School

Utilizing NCES Survey Data for the Study of Postsecondary Pathways and Success: Challenges and Future Directions

The Influence of Earning an Industry Certification in High School on Going to College: The Florida CAPE Act

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