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Voeller, Jooyoung – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Recently, apprenticeships have re-emerged as an effective means of preparing young people for the 21st-century workplace (Browning & Nickoli, 2017; OECD, 2018). Especially, community colleges have been actively implementing modern apprenticeships within their degree programs by offering degree apprenticeships (DAs). The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Apprenticeships, Work Experience Programs, Academic Degrees
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Gauthier, Thomas – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Community colleges are the leader in facilitating career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development (WD) programs. However, employers who hire recent graduates of these programs question the quality of the education provided. This qualitative study used a focus group comprised of manufacturing and engineering professionals in Florida…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Professional Personnel, Engineering, Technical Occupations
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Thompson, Corliss B.; Stoddard, Ellen W.; White, Shariva D. H. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Career and technical education (CTE) gives students access to skill development and greater economic opportunity, but challenges in the CTE system are pervasive for students of color, specifically Black and Latinx students. This study examines Black and Latinx high school student and teacher experiences with race in a profession-based learning…
Descriptors: Racial Attitudes, Vocational Education, Consciousness Raising, Critical Race Theory
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Harvey, Michael W.; Park, Mi Hee – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Secondary career and technical education (CTE) provides high school students the opportunity to gain occupational skills for in-demand 21st century jobs linked to college and career readiness (CCR). All students, including those with a disability, can benefit from CTE. Secondary CTE is a predictor of positive post-school outcomes for students with…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Vocational Education, Access to Education, Equal Education
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Plasman, Jay S.; Passarella, Al – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
While prior work has explored the relationship between career-focused educational programming on deviant and criminal behavior for incarcerated and delinquent individuals, there is little empirical evidence as to how career and technical education (CTE) participation in traditional high school settings may link to later interaction with the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Crime, Crime Prevention, High Schools
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Yother, Tracy; Greenan, James; Masta, Stephanie – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
The commercial space industry is facing a shortage of qualified workers due to the aging and retirements of the workforce and the inability to find qualified candidates. To explore the training, educational experiences, and technical competencies of entry-level manufacturing engineers, the researcher interviewed eight manufacturing engineers at…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Training, Educational Experience, Competence
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Matu, Jeffrey Ben – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Promoting inclusive and equitable postsecondary learning environments is a global priority Postsecondary institutions, particularly community colleges' career and technical education (CTE) programs, are increasingly held accountable for achieving education-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are expected to provide knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Governance, Community Colleges, Sustainable Development, Equal Education
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Sun, Jeffrey C.; Turner, Heather A. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Based on a qualitative study of 19 new career and technical education (CTE) teachers' induction during COV=D we asked how did the new teachers work collaboratively and develop as a group with other teachers during the pandemic? Although teachers encountered challenges relatively consistent with prior studies (e. g., frustrated with decisions and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Orientation, COVID-19
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Ketchledge, Whitney; Kosloski, Michael; Reed, Philip – Career and Technical Education Research, 2021
There is considerable research demonstrating strong benefits of the career academy model to students and teachers, but there is little indicating why students enroll in academies and what methods of recruitment may work best. This study assessed factors influencing students' decisions to enroll in career academy programs by looking at factors that…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Enrollment Influences, Student Attitudes, Counselor Role
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Jones, Jon; Belcher, Greg; Elliott, Kevin – Career and Technical Education Research, 2021
The purpose of this Delphi study was to identify the dominant technical competencies needed to effectively teach architecture and construction at the secondary and postsecondary level and to determine if there are differences of opinion among educators, recent graduates and industry personnel as to what those competencies should be. To provide…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Construction Industry, Teaching Skills, Secondary Education
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Martino, Lisa M. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2021
Teacher quality and student achievement have shown positive relationships in prior studies of elementary and secondary grade levels in the United States. However, postsecondary career and technical education (CTE) teacher quality and student achievement is an understudied topic. According to the literature, teacher quality is measured by…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Postsecondary Education
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Spacek, Amanda; Rayfield, John; Doss, William; Lawver, David; Ritz, Rudy – Career and Technical Education Research, 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of high school counselors across the state of Texas toward agricultural education. This study was descriptive in nature. High school counselors had an overall positive attitude toward agricultural education. They did not believe agricultural education courses were intended for…
Descriptors: School Counselors, High Schools, Counselor Attitudes, Agricultural Education
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Dalton, Ben; Glennie, Elizabeth; Studley, Roger; Warkentien, Siri; Lauff, Erich – Career and Technical Education Research, 2021
Industry-recognized credentials, or certifications, provide one path to match people with jobs effectively. Certifications are nationally recognized, standardized credentials created by businesses and industry groups to demonstrate proficiency in skills related to specific jobs. State education systems increasingly provide students the opportunity…
Descriptors: Certification, High School Students, Vocational Education, Grade 9
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Fletcher, Edward C.; Dumford, Amber D. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2021
Federal legislation has attempted to move career and technical education (CTE) from a narrow focus on low-wage job attainment for non-college bound youth to programs of study that prepare students for college and career readiness. However, few studies have demonstrated CTEs potential to prepare students for college. Using propensity score…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Career Academies, Learner Engagement
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Meza, Elizabeth; Blume, Grant; Rubin, Zachary; Balhan, Krystle; Zumeta, William; Hang, Kendrick; Bragg, Debra D. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2021
Over the last ten years, in Washington community and technical colleges (CTC) there has been a great leap forward in access and use of data for setting and measuring goals, monitoring progress, and identifying equity gaps. Despite much progress, faculty members in career and technical education (CTE) programs still often have difficulty accessing…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, College Faculty, Data Use, Decision Making
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