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Peer reviewedMane, Ferran – Economics of Education Review, 1999
Using data from three longitudinal surveys of American high school students, shows that vocational courses helped noncollege-bound students start their work life more successfully. Short- and medium-term payoffs to vocational courses rose substantially between 1972 and 1980 and remained high in 1992. Job-specific skills are valuable. (26…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, High School Graduates, High Schools
Download full textWiley, David E.; Harnischfeger, Annegret – 1980
The data obtained from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 was used to yield estimates of the total number of instructional hours in each of the academic areas over a 3 year period. Rates of exposure to industrial arts and commercial courses exhibited large sex differences and small racial differences. Both white and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis, High School Students
Trent, William T. – 1981
This paper examines academic program, course enrollments, and extracurricular memberships in racially and ethnically integrated high schools with the aim of determining the extent of participation by black and white students within schools. The goal of the study was to ascertain whether students are resegregated in schools through these…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Extracurricular Activities
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1992
A study evaluated the labor market outcomes of individuals with various types of postsecondary educational experiences. In particular, it examined differences among three groups: students who pursued technical education programs; those who pursued academic programs; and those individuals who did not pursue any type of postsecondary education. The…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Peng, Samuel S. – 1977
This study estimates the proportion of transfer students (those who transfer from one college to another) in various categories and explores some potential explanations of the transfer phenomenon. The data base used was drawn from the base-year and the first and second followup data of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Bibliographies
Green, Patricia – 1993
In light of the many changes of the past 20 years, it may be expected that plans of high school seniors for further education may have also changed, along with the kinds of jobs they expect to have and the things they regard as important. These questions are examined through data from the National Longitudinal Study of 1972 (NLS) and the National…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Education, Career Planning, College Bound Students
