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The Road Less Traveled: Realizing the Potential of Career Technical Education in the California Community Colleges

by Nancy Shulock, Colleen Moore and Jeremy Offenstein | Feb 2011 | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Readiness and Success, Reports and Briefs, State and System Policy

This report examines four high-wage, high-need career pathways in the California Community Colleges as a basis for exploring the career technical education mission and its role in the college completion agenda. The study found that the potential of CTE to help meet the state’s completion, workforce, and equity goals is not fully realized due to a lack of priority on awarding technical certificates and degrees and an absence of clear pathways for students to follow in pursuing those credentials. The report offers recommendations to strengthen the CTE function.

Pathways to Success: Lessons from the Literature on Career Technical Education

by Colleen Moore, Nancy Shulock and Jeremy Offenstein | Dec 2009 | Career and Technical Education, Reports and Briefs

This literature review analyzes evidence on the effectiveness of career-oriented education in high schools and community colleges and discusses the factors that promote successful educational outcomes for students enrolled in career-technical programs. It finds the literature scarce on career-technical education (CTE) student success and suggests that further research would help us better understand and strengthen CTE student and program outcomes to better meet the needs of the workforce.