ERIC Number: EJ1249463
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 18
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Factors Influencing High School Students' Career and Technical Education Enrollment Patterns
Xing, Xue; Garza, Tiberio; Huerta, Margarita
Career and Technical Education Research, v44 n3 p53-70 Dec 2019
Career and technical education (CTE) has gone through major transformations in the United States with important benefits for all students seeking postsecondary and career success. Research analyzing students' CTE enrollment patterns is important to understand which students are taking CTE courses and why in order to inform future research and practice. Using the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:2009), this study investigated CTE enrollment patterns using Aliaga, Kotamraju, and Stone's (2014) typology and literature-based individual and social factors. Results from descriptive and multinomial logistic regression indicated that the majority of students were enrolling in some level of CTE credits and that individual and social factors were influential but varied by specific enrollment patterns.
Descriptors: High School Students, Vocational Education, Enrollment Trends, Student Characteristics, Social Influences, Course Selection (Students)
Association for Career and Technical Education Research. Web site: http://acteronline.org/publications/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (NCES)
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