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The structure of data collection and reporting on vocational education in the United States is driven by the decentralised and individualistic nature of the school system. As a result, the U.S. education system is missing two elements that make describing vocational education relatively easy or straightforward: uniformity, which helps to formulate a standard definition of vocational education; and formal programmes, which help to track participants in vocational education. The uniformity issue arises from schools' strong tradition of local control; the programme issue arises from America's philosophy of 'letting a thousand flowers bloom'.

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The volume from which this chapter is taken is available in VOCEDplus at TD/IRD 88.423. Show less