Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect?

This study explored the relative importance of participation in high school career and technical education (CTE) programs in predicting community college outcomes. A hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM) was used to predict community college outcome attainment among a random sample of direct...

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Main Authors: Dietrich, Cecile, Lichtenberger, Eric, Kamalludeen, Rosemaliza
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Language:English
Published: University of South Florida 2016
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spelling iium-567332017-07-18T02:53:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56733/ Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect? Dietrich, Cecile Lichtenberger, Eric Kamalludeen, Rosemaliza L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education T61 Technical education. Technical schools This study explored the relative importance of participation in high school career and technical education (CTE) programs in predicting community college outcomes. A hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM) was used to predict community college outcome attainment among a random sample of direct community college entrants. Results show that even after controlling for various pre-college and environmental factors, community college students who had participated in a high school CTE program were either just as likely or more likely to attain all of the outcomes measured in the study when compared to students from general curriculum programs. Although high school CTE students who matriculated to community colleges were significantly less likely to transfer to a four-year college with or without a credential as compared with college prep students, they had significantly greater odds of earning an associate’s degree or a certificate. Thus, among community college students, high school CTE participation may help facilitate goals related to the completion agenda, which call for increasing the number of individuals with quality postsecondary credentials. University of South Florida 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56733/2/1506-2567-1-SM.pdf Dietrich, Cecile and Lichtenberger, Eric and Kamalludeen, Rosemaliza (2016) Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect? Journal of Career and Technical Education, 31 (1). pp. 9-32. ISSN 1531-4952 https://ejournals.lib.vt.edu/JCTE/about/contact
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Dietrich, Cecile
Lichtenberger, Eric
Kamalludeen, Rosemaliza
Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect?
description This study explored the relative importance of participation in high school career and technical education (CTE) programs in predicting community college outcomes. A hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM) was used to predict community college outcome attainment among a random sample of direct community college entrants. Results show that even after controlling for various pre-college and environmental factors, community college students who had participated in a high school CTE program were either just as likely or more likely to attain all of the outcomes measured in the study when compared to students from general curriculum programs. Although high school CTE students who matriculated to community colleges were significantly less likely to transfer to a four-year college with or without a credential as compared with college prep students, they had significantly greater odds of earning an associate’s degree or a certificate. Thus, among community college students, high school CTE participation may help facilitate goals related to the completion agenda, which call for increasing the number of individuals with quality postsecondary credentials.
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author Dietrich, Cecile
Lichtenberger, Eric
Kamalludeen, Rosemaliza
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Lichtenberger, Eric
Kamalludeen, Rosemaliza
author_sort Dietrich, Cecile
title Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect?
title_short Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect?
title_full Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect?
title_fullStr Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect?
title_full_unstemmed Predicting community college outcomes: does high school CTE articipation have a significant effect?
title_sort predicting community college outcomes: does high school cte articipation have a significant effect?
publisher University of South Florida
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/56733/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/56733/2/1506-2567-1-SM.pdf
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