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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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Examining Latinos Involvement in the Workforce and Postsecondary Technical Education in the United States
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Maldonado, Cecilia; Farmer, Edgar I. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2006
In this article, the authors report the results of two studies examining the participation rates of Latino students in postsecondary technical education (CTE) programs in community colleges and two-year proprietary institutions in the United States in 1994 and 2000. It is believed that the quality of the future U.S. Labor market will depend, to a…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Skills, Technical Education, Proprietary Schools
Differences in Characteristics of Postsecondary Technical Students in Pennsylvania Community Colleges and Two-Year Proprietary Institutions.
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Farmer, Edgar I.; O'Lawrence, Henry – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2002
Characteristics of students in 15 Pennsylvania community colleges (n=704) and 16 two-year proprietary colleges (n=317) were compared. In both groups, technical students were overwhelmingly white; the community colleges' population was 69.5% male, 30.5% female; in proprietary schools, 43.2% male, 56.8% female. Females had higher grade point…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Differences, Postsecondary Education, Proprietary Schools