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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Rojewski, Jay W.; Lee, In Heok; Gemici, Sinan – Career and Technical Education Research, 2010
Data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 database was used to determine the effects of career academy participation in grades 9 or 10 on educational aspirations. Propensity score matching was used to obtain initially equivalent groups for analysis. No statistically significant differences in postsecondary educational aspirations were…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Grade 9, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 10
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Austin, Chandra Yvette – Career and Technical Education Research, 2010
This study examined the relationship between specific factors believed to influence career decision self-efficacy and math/science related goal intentions (proxy for engineering related goal intentions) among African American high school students. Minority students generally tend to be underrepresented in such careers, as indicated by the National…
Descriptors: African American Students, Socioeconomic Status, Self Efficacy, Science Interests