Career-tech concentrators were as likely to enroll in college as as their classmates in Guilford County, North Carolina, reports Jessie Pounds in the Greensboro News & Record.
High School students and adults can learn welding at the Carbon County Higher Education Center in Rawlins, Wyoming.
Two-thirds of students who earned four or more credits in a career pathway enrolled in a two- or four-year college the fall after completing high school, reports Guilford County Schools. The percentage was the same for other students.
“Non-white students were more likely to go on to college if they were CTE concentrators in Guilford County Schools, while white students were less likely,” reports Pounds.
Career-tech concentrators are more likely to graduate from high school and no more or less likely to enroll in college, according to a 2017 study.
Taking career-tech classes improved student outcomes, especially for boys and students from low-income families, a 2016 Fordham study found. Career-tech students “are more likely to graduate from high school, enroll in a two-year college, be employed, and earn higher wages.” They were “just as likely to pursue a four-year degree as their peers.”
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