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Changes in High School Students Attitudes toward Health Sciences Following a Hands-On Outreach STEM Program
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Maia Masamoto; Courtney Stevens; Lucas Ettinger – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
Despite attempts to diversify healthcare workplaces and education, racial and ethnic minorities (REM) remain underrepresented in these fields. This study investigated changes in high school students' health science interest following a single exposure, hands-on anatomy laboratory visit. One hundred and eighty-eight high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Health Sciences, Attitude Change
Explaining Course Enrollment Gaps in High School: Examination of Gender-Imbalance in the Applied Sciences
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Jennifer A. Freeman; Michael A. Gottfried; Taylor K. Odle – Educational Policy, 2024
Federal policy in the United States has urged high schools to expand offerings in career and technical education (CTE) coursework to address persistent gender inequities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) fields. Unfortunately, gender composition in engineering and health sciences CTE enrollment is highly…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, STEM Education, Longitudinal Studies, High School Students
Does High School STEMM Career Coursework Align with College Employment?
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Michael Gottfried; Jennifer A. Freeman; Taylor K. Odle; Jay S. Plasman; Daniel Klasik; Shaun M. Dougherty – Grantee Submission, 2023
Background/Context: Career and technical education (CTE) coursework in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical/health (STEMM) fields has been supported by policy makers as a way to align the secondary-to-postsecondary-to-career pipeline. Yet, in the research, the focus has been on whether STEMM CTE coursetaking in high school…
Descriptors: STEM Education, STEM Careers, Secondary School Curriculum, High School Students
Does High School STEMM Career Coursework Align with College Employment?
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Michael Gottfried; Jennifer A. Freeman; Taylor K. Odle; Jay S. Plasman; Daniel Klasik; Shaun M. Dougherty – Teachers College Record, 2023
Background/Context: Career and technical education (CTE) coursework in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical/health (STEMM) fields has been supported by policy makers as a way to align the secondary-to-postsecondary-to-career pipeline. Yet, in the research, the focus has been on whether STEMM CTE coursetaking in high school…
Descriptors: STEM Education, STEM Careers, Secondary School Curriculum, High School Students
Explaining Course Enrollment Gaps in High School: Examination of Gender-Imbalance in the Applied Sciences
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Jennifer A. Freeman; Michael A. Gottfried; Taylor K. Odle – Grantee Submission, 2023
Federal policy in the United States has urged high schools to expand offerings in career and technical education (CTE) coursework to address persistent gender inequities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) fields. Unfortunately, gender composition in engineering and health sciences CTE enrollment is highly…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, STEM Education, Longitudinal Studies, High School Students
Addressing Projected Healthcare and STEM Profession Needs through a Regional Summer Pipeline Program
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Kemp, Kyeorda; Swanberg, Stephanie M.; Kamel-ElSayed, Suzan; Grogan, James; Williams, Tiffany; Reed-Hendon, Caryn – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
Pipeline programs in health and biomedical sciences have gained attention as students who engage in these programs are more likely to enter into associated fields. In 2012, to support the mission of Oakland University William Beaumont (OUWB) School of Medicine, the Future Physicians Summer Enrichment Program (FPSEP) was launched for regional high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Summer Programs, STEM Education, Health Sciences
Differences in Academic Achievements among High School Graduates' from Four Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Areas
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Michaels, Christopher; Liu, Leping – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2020
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is a popular trend in education due to the increased demand from American citizens to include CTE opportunities in schools along with federal funding to build new CTE programs and improve existing ones. Schools are tasked to improve student achievement. Testing performance is a central process to demonstrate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Differences, High School Graduates, Vocational Education
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA): Providing 26 Years of Academic and Social Support to Appalachian Youth in West Virginia
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Chester, Ann; McKendall, Sherron; McKendall, Alan; Mann, Michael; Kristjansson, Alfgeir; Branch, Robert; Hornbeck, Bethany; Morton, Catherine; Kuhn, Summer; Branch, Feon Smith; Barnes-Rowland, Charlene – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy's, (HSTA) goals are to increase college attendance of African American, financially disadvantaged, first generation college and rural Appalachian youth and increase health-care providers and STEM professionals in underserved communities. Students enter in the 9th grade and remain in HSTA four years. They…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, STEM Education, After School Programs, Clubs
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA): Providing 26 Years of Academic and Social Support to Appalachian Youth in West Virginia
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Chester, Ann; McKendall, Sherron; McKendall, Alan; Mann, Michael; Kristjansson, Alfgeir; Branch, Robert; Hornbeck, Bethany; Morton, Catherine; Kuhn, Summer; Branch, Feon Smith; Barnes-Rowland, Charlene – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy's, (HSTA) goals are to increase college attendance of African American, financially disadvantaged, first generation college and rural Appalachian youth and increase health-care providers and STEM professionals in underserved communities. Students enter in the 9th grade and remain in HSTA four years. They…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, STEM Education, After School Programs, Youth Clubs
Game-Based Health Education: The Case of Hexacago Health Academy
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Megan Macklin; Patrick Jagoda; Ian B. Jones; Melissa Gilliam – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2018
It is a well-documented fact that women and minorities are currently underrepresented in STEM higher education degree programs and careers. As an outreach measure to these populations, we established the Hexacago Health Academy (HHA), an ongoing summer program. Structured as an informal learning environment with a strong youth initiated mentoring…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Health Education, STEM Education, Females
West Virginia Higher Education Report Card, 2018
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West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2018
West Virginia Code §18B-1D-8 statutorily mandates the West Virginia Higher Education Report Card. This annual accountability report provides year-end higher education statistics for both of the state's higher education systems, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) and West Virginia Council for Community and Technical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accountability, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
West Virginia Higher Education Report Card, 2017
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West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2017
West Virginia Code §18B-1D-8 statutorily mandates the West Virginia Higher Education Report Card. This annual accountability report provides year-end higher education statistics for both of the state's higher education systems, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) and West Virginia Council for Community and Technical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, High School Graduates, Student Financial Aid, Public Colleges
West Virginia Higher Education Report Card, 2016
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West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2016
West Virginia Code §18B-1D-8 statutorily mandates the West Virginia Higher Education Report Card (Report Card). This annual accountability report provides year-end higher education statistics for both of the state's higher education systems, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) and West Virginia Council for Community…
Descriptors: Higher Education, High School Graduates, Student Financial Aid, Public Colleges