ERIC Number: ED565435
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 56
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-925173-24-6
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The Impact of Disadvantage on VET Completion and Employment Gaps. Research Report
McVicar, Duncan; Tabasso, Domenico
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
Increasing educational attainment is generally tied to better employment outcomes. The vocational education and training (VET) sector is often used as an entry point into post-compulsory education for individuals who have experienced disadvantage in their lives. But does increasing participation in VET by disadvantaged individuals necessarily lead to the same benefits as experienced by their non-disadvantaged peers? Specifically, do disadvantaged learners have similar completion rates and employment outcomes as their non-disadvantaged peers? Using data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research's (NCVER's) National VET Provider Collection and the Student Outcomes Survey, the authors find both completion and employment gaps exist between different groups of disadvantaged learners and their non-disadvantaged peers, but that closing the completion gap will not necessarily result in the closing of the employment gap. The following appendices are included: (1) Additional descriptive statistics; (2) Course completion: expanded specification; (3) Module completion; (4) Employment gaps: course completers only; (5) Employment gaps: module completers only; (6) Exiting unemployment gaps: course completers only; and (7) Exiting unemployment gaps: module completers only.
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Attainment, Postsecondary Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Graduation Rate, Employment Level, Comparative Analysis, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Surveys, Outcomes of Education, Student Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Indigenous Populations, At Risk Students, Disabilities, Limited English Speaking
National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd. P.O. Box 8288, Stational Arcade, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. Tel: +61-8-230-8400; Fax: +61-8-212-3436; e-mail: ncver@ncver.edu.au; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Education and Training
Authoring Institution: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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