ERIC Number: ED613717
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Feb
Pages: 78
Abstractor: ERIC
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Increasing Equitable Access to Career and Technical Education. Research Report
RMC Research Corporation
The New Hampshire Department of Education's (NH DOE) Bureau of Career Development (BCD) realized that students experienced inequitable access to career and technical education (CTE), with evidence suggesting that geographic location of high schools and CTE centers played a key role in driving inequitable access. To better understand the specific ways in which students experienced access inequities, and to identify potential strategies to address these barriers, NH DOE partnered with RMC Research (RMC) to identify barriers to equitable access to CTE and to determine potential strategies to address these barriers. NH DOE intends to use the information in this report as a starting point for discussions and partnerships with CTE leaders, educators, and other stakeholders to identify and implement a variety of strategies for increasing access locally and through statewide efforts. Research questions included: (1) What percentage of eligible students attend CTE centers?; (2) How does attendance at CTE differ for students based on the location of their high schools relative to regional CTE centers?; and (3) To what extent do enrollments at regional CTE centers represent the proportional enrollment of students at high schools from the area communities they serve? [This report was prepared for the New Hampshire Department of Education Bureau of Career Development.]
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Access to Education, Equal Education, Barriers, Geographic Location, High Schools, Enrollment, Intervention, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Gender Differences, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, School Schedules, Student Transportation, Budgeting, Social Bias, Knowledge Level, High School Students, Eligibility, Graduation Requirements, Change Strategies, Credits
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: RMC Research Corporation; New Hampshire Department of Education
Identifiers - Location: New Hampshire
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