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Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2021
The Annual Condition of Secondary Career and Technical Education Report provides information on student enrollment in career and technical education courses and programs during academic years 2016 through 2020. Demographic characteristics of secondary career and technical education students and educators and information on career and technical…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Vocational Education, Career Education
Stephanie Sowl – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The dramatic decline of rural industries (such as coal mining, millwork, or farming) over the last several decades coupled with most jobs requiring some sort of postsecondary education in today's U. S. economy means postsecondary credential attainment has taken on increased importance for rural social mobility. College accessibility appears to be…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Community, Geographic Location, Access to Education
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2022
The Annual Condition of Secondary Career and Technical Education Report provides information on student enrollment in career and technical education courses and programs during academic years 2017 through 2021. Demographic characteristics of secondary career and technical education students and educators and information on career and technical…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Postsecondary Education, Enrollment Rate
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2020
The Annual Condition of Secondary Career and Technical Education Report provides information on student enrollment in career and technical education courses and programs during academic years 2015 through 2019. Demographic characteristics of secondary career and technical education students and educators and information on career and technical…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Career Education
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Friedel, Janice Nahra; Friesleben, Kelly L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Postbaccalaureate reverse transfer students (PRTSs) are students that enroll at a community college after completion of at least a bachelor's degree. This study expanded the definition of PRTSs by including students that had completed an associate's degree prior to enrolling at a community college. This report is an exploratory, descriptive study…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Demography, Educational Background
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2017
The Iowa Department of Education collects information on joint enrollment from Iowa's 15 community colleges. Jointly enrolled students are high school students enrolled in community college credit coursework. Most jointly enrolled students enroll through Senior Year Plus programs such as Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) and concurrent…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Enrollment Trends, Enrollment Rate, Community Colleges
Sykes, Andrea R.; Szuplat, Mary A.; Decker, Cynthia G. – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2014
Federal policymakers have interest in three specific areas of postsecondary career and technical education (CTE): associate degrees and certificates awarded in CTE, skills and training obtained through noncredit courses, and industry-recognized certifications. Research and data are readily available on students earning degrees and certificates in…
Descriptors: Educational Certificates, Vocational Education, Noncredit Courses, Outcomes of Education
Basken, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that the nation's economic crisis is bringing colleges higher borrowing costs, smaller endowments, tighter budgets, and fears over the availability of loans for their students. Yet one of the most critical factors in colleges' health--student enrollment--appears to be largely holding strong, at least for now. Tuition and fees…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends