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Charles Russel Dalusong – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Career technical education (CTE) has evolved markedly over the past century to provide a viable avenue for high school students who may seek an alternative and successful academic path that leads to a well-paid future career in the workforce. Recent studies have found that Career and Technology Education can lower dropout rates among high school…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Vocational Education, Allied Health Occupations, Health Occupations
Roddy Theobald; Jay Plasman; Michael Gottfried; Trevor Gratz; Kristian Holden; Dan Goldhaber – Educational Researcher, 2022
We leverage nationally representative data and statewide data from Washington to investigate trends in occupational career and technical education (CTE) participation for students with and without disabilities. Consistent with prior work, we document declines in occupational CTE participation since the early 2000s, but we provide the first…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Students with Disabilities, Enrollment Trends, Student Participation
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban; Wenzinger, Emma – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2021
"The College Payoff: More Education Doesn't Always Mean More Earnings" explores how lifetime earnings vary by education level, field of study, occupation, industry, gender, race and ethnicity, and location. The lifetime earnings of a full-time full-year worker with a high school diploma are $1.6 million, while workers with an associate's…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Academic Degrees, High School Graduates, Outcomes of Education
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Fletcher, Edward C., Jr.; Tyson, Will – Career and Technical Education Research, 2017
In this study, we determined the educational pathways and key life course transitions of young adults who enter Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Health (STEMH) technician and professional jobs using the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) dataset, tracking high school students from 1997 to adulthood in 2009. Using…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Young Adults, STEM Education, Science Careers
Baird, Matthew D.; Hunter, Gerald P.; Edenfield, Nathaniel; Broten, Nicholas; Gonzalez, Gabriella C. – RAND Corporation, 2020
The authors of this report aim to understand the health of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and labor market in the Appalachia region -- defined as the intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia -- with a focus on the mining and extraction industry. This report is the third in a three-part series.…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Broten, Nicholas – RAND Corporation, 2017
This second of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing-related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region, comprising twenty-seven counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Together,…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Baird, Matthew D. – RAND Corporation, 2016
This first of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing--related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region. Together, these reports will capture trends over the next four years to (1) inform the…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
The health care skill gap is expected to worsen, but Career and Technical Education (CTE) is playing an integral part in preparing the next generation of workers. This article discusses the efforts of Greentree Health Science Academy in addressing the need to develop the next generation of health care professionals. In collaboration with…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Older Adults, Employment Opportunities, Technical Education