ERIC Number: ED583036
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 94
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Postsecondary Career and Technical Education: Demographic Differences in Enrollment, Departure, and Completion
Hinz, Serena; Warkentien, Siri; Hong, Yihua
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education
This report examines differences in enrollment, departure, and completion at postsecondary, subbaccalaureate career and technical education (CTE) programs among a nationally representative sample of students who first entered postsecondary education in academic year 2011-12. Logistic regression results show that female, Hispanic, Pell Grant--recipient, and first-generation college students were more likely to enroll at for-profit institutions relative to public institutions, while Asian students and students with low English proficiency were less likely to do so. Results from event history analysis indicate that black students, students with a disability, first-generation college students, and those who did not receive a Pell Grant (were not low- or moderate-income) were more likely to depart from their CTE program--without earning a degree or certificate--within the first three years of beginning. Students who were female, black, Asian, or had a disability were less likely to complete a CTE credential within three years. These findings imply that colleges could do more to help those students most at risk of non-completion earn their certificate- or associate-level CTE credential within three years.
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education, Demography, Enrollment, Undergraduate Students, Regression (Statistics), Hispanic American Students, Asian American Students, African American Students, First Generation College Students, Federal Aid, Grants, Language Proficiency, Disabilities, Dropouts, Gender Differences, Academic Persistence, At Risk Students, Transfer Students
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education. Tel: 877-433-7827; e-mail: edpubs@edpubs.ed.gov; Web site: www2.ed.gov/ovae
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: RTI International; National Center for Innovation in Career and Technical Education (NCICTE) (ED); Department of Education (ED), Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Pell Grant Program
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDVAE12C0051
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