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Career and technical education in the United States: 1990-2005: statistical analysis report

This report is the fourth in a series of volumes published periodically by [National Center for Education Statistic ... Show more
This report is the fourth in a series of volumes published periodically by [National Center for Education Statistics] NCES to describe the condition of vocational education (now called 'career and technical education' or CTE) in the United States. Based on data from 11 NCES surveys, the report describes CTE providers, offerings, participants, faculty, and associated outcomes, focusing on secondary, postsecondary, and adult education. Findings indicate that against a backdrop of increasing academic coursetaking in high school, no measurable changes were detected between 1990 and 2005 in the number of CTE credits earned by public high school graduates. At the postsecondary level, the number of credential-seeking undergraduates majoring in career fields increased by about one-half million students, although they made up a smaller portion of undergraduates in 2004 compared with 1990. At both the secondary and postsecondary education levels, student participation increased in health care and computer science and decreased in business between 1990 and the mid-2000s.
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Authors: Levesque, Karen; Laird, Jennifer; Hensley, Elisabeth; Choy, Susan P. ... [+] Show more

Corporate authors: United States. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: North America; United States

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: NCES

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Employment; Adult and community education ... [+] Show more
Trends in CTE coursetaking

Overall coursetaking in Career and Technical Education (CTE) has declined. From 1990 to 2009, the average number of ... Show more
Overall coursetaking in Career and Technical Education (CTE) has declined. From 1990 to 2009, the average number of CTE credits earned by US public high school graduates declined, from 4.2 to 3.6, while the average number of credits earned in other subject areas increased.
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Authors: Hudson, Lisa

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: United States; North America

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: NCES data point

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Statistics; Students

Career and technical education in the United States: 1990-2005: statistical analysis report

Trends in CTE coursetaking