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Raising Academic Standards and Vocational Concentrators: Are They Better Off or Worse Off?
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Bishop, John H.; Mane, Ferran – Education Economics, 2005
In this paper we measure the impacts of tougher graduation requirements on course-taking patterns, college attendance and completion, and post-high school labor market outcomes for vocational concentrators and non-concentrators. Our main goal was to assess whether vocational education students were specifically affected (positively or negatively)…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Secondary School Curriculum, Credits, College Attendance