Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentration
About the Intervention
Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentration programs in Indiana and Minnesota provide high school students with pathways to postsecondary education and careers. In Indiana, concentrators complete six or more semester credits (approximately three academic years) in CTE courses within one of 64 career pathways grouped into 12 career clusters. In Minnesota, concentrators complete at least 150 hours of instruction (roughly equivalent to 2 semester credits or one full-year course) in CTE courses within one of 79 career pathways grouped into 16 career clusters and six career fields. The programs are delivered through regular high school coursework during grades 9-12. State education agencies, higher education agencies, and workforce agencies collaborate to develop CTE courses and sequences intended to improve students' college and career readiness.
Statistical Findings
Negative effect: on overall college enrollment within one year
Positive effect: on two-year college enrollment
Negative effect: on four-year college enrollment
Negative effect: on college credits earned within one year
Positive effect: on associate's degree attainment
Negative effect: on bachelor's degree attainment
Positive effect: on employment rates in first five years after graduation
Positive effect: on earnings in first five years after graduation
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Focus Areas
N/APrograms & Services
Career and Technical EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s)Citation
Ji Hyun, Y., Jim, L., Jingtong, P., Max, P., Megan, A. & Yinmei, W. (2021). Indiana and Minnesota Students Who Focused on Career and Technical Education in High School: Who Are They, and What Are Their College and Employment Outcomes? REL 2021-090 (ED613044). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED613044.pdf.
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