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Kristopher R. L. Rankin III; M. Craig Edwards – Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 2024
Preparing pre-service students to teach agricultural mechanics is a difficult task due to the career pathway including a great variety of topics (Byrd et al., 2015). This study examined the trend in requirements in 1862 land-grant universities for number of courses, course credit hours, and course topics related to agricultural mechanics, as well…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Degree Requirements
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Scott-Clayton, Judith – Journal of Human Resources, 2011
Programs linking college aid to academic achievement could work either by lowering the cost of college or by inducing additional student effort. I examine the PROMISE program in West Virginia, which offers free tuition to students who maintain a minimum GPA and course load. Using administrative data, I exploit discontinuities in the eligibility…
Descriptors: Incentives, Academic Achievement, Scholarships, College Students
D'Antoni, Kathy J.; Coulson, Gene – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
Two years in West Virginia, college filing cabinets were stacked high with articulation agreements. College faculty members were traveling to and from area high schools in an effort to develop and finalize articulation agreements; all part of the process. And to what end? Less than 1 percent of students in the state were taking advantage of the…
Descriptors: College Credits, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, Student Recruitment