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Direct linkKim, JoHyun; Bragg, Debra D. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2008
Using Astin's I-E-O model, relationships among the input (I) variables of gender, high school percentile rank, Tech Prep participation, and high school course-taking; environmental (E) variables of academic, career and technical education (CTE), and total dual credit and articulated credit; and output (O) variables of college readiness and total…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Regression (Statistics), Predictor Variables, Dual Enrollment
Bragg, Debra D. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2006
This article examines the emergence of high school-to-college transition models, referred to as academic pathways, that regard community colleges as a primary partner for higher learning. It explores three academic pathways that deliberately partner secondary schools with community colleges. They are dual credit and dual enrollment, tech prep and…
Descriptors: Tech Prep, Dual Enrollment, Community Colleges, High Schools
Bragg, Debra D. – Vocational Education Journal, 1995
Looks at fundamental tech prep concepts that must be reinforced to ensure progress: (1) it must be grounded in an integrated curriculum; (2) articulation is necessary; (3) school-to-work programs and tech prep must be linked; (4) it should be outcomes focused; (5) it should ensure access for all; and (6) collaborative implementation is the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Postsecondary Education, Program Implementation, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPuckett, Paula A.; Bragg, Debra D. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2000
Responses from 120 secondary and 28 postsecondary counselors in Illinois tech prep consortia indicated little participation in professional development activities such as curriculum planning, study groups, and action research. Discrepancies beteen participation and perceptions of preparedness for tech prep roles may be due to their omission from…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Professional Development
Bragg, Debra D. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2000
Discusses a national study that compared tech prep with career and technical education. Looks at promising practices including formal articulation, career pathways, work-based learning, professional evaluation, curriculum integration, and evaluation. (JOW)
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Professional Development, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Bragg, Debra D. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2000
Tech prep offers students a well articulated, rigorous course of study from the last two years of high school through at least a two-year (2+2) college degree, directed toward learning for and about technologically focused careers. Tech prep provides opportunities for more students to make the transition from high school to college. (Contains 25…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewedBragg, Debra D.; Layton, James D. – Community College Review, 1995
Describes a study examining the impact of the Tech Prep Education Act on the initial implementation of federally supported Tech Prep Initiatives. Based on telephone survey responses from all 50 state Tech Prep leaders, reviews findings concerning the funding of Tech Prep consortia, state and local administrative structures, policies and goals, and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrative Organization, Community Colleges, Consortia
