Student and educator perspectives on opportunities towards college readiness and post-secondary enrollment of career and technical education completers
Year: 2022
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study examined how career and technical education students are supported toward college readiness at a public Career and Technical High school in the Mid-Atlantic. This work analyzed components of college readiness including coursework, social and emotional support structures, and the application process through semi-structured interviews with educators and student graduates of the school. This work was grounded in the Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent et al., 1994), which provided a framework for understanding, explaining, and predicting the processes through which people develop educational and career interests, make academic and occupational choices, and achieve levels of success in their educational and work pursuits. Four major themes emerged: knowledge of the process, course work, social climate, and goal setting and motivation. These findings suggest the removal of barriers to accessing the college admittance process, a redesign of the curriculum to offer more integrated courses, and the need for a goal-setting climate within the school. Knowledge generated from this research is expected to inform college readiness opportunities and post-secondary enrollment in career and technical education high schools. --Author's abstract
DOI: 10.17760/d20476889
Author: Elizabeth Noonan
Institution: Northeastern University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4388761992