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Shaw, Sara R.; Mueller, Betsy – Wisconsin Policy Forum, 2022
In the city of Milwaukee, the vast majority of students do not achieve both high school and college graduation which has been termed as a "completion crisis." This is negatively impacting not only those students but also the region's workforce challenges. Indeed, the area economy could suffer greatly unless metro Milwaukee leaders can…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Postsecondary Education, Community Programs
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Arbeit, Caren A.; Bentz, Alexander; Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Sanders, Herschel – RTI International, 2019
In recent years, nontraditional workforce training programs have proliferated inside and outside of traditional postsecondary institutions. A subset of these programs, bootcamps, advertise high job placement rates and have been hailed by policymakers as key to training skilled workers. However, few formal data exist on the number, types, prices,…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Training, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction
Brown, Justin – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This research offers insights into the options available to individuals as they navigate the vocational education and training (VET) market. Importantly, this study directly represents the voice of students, asking how their choices were made and whether their choice was sufficiently "informed." The student voice is contrasted with…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Gore, Jennifer; Ellis, Hywel; Fray, Leanne; Smith, Maxwell; Lloyd, Adam; Berrigan, Carly; Lyell, Andrew; Weaver, Natasha; Holmes, Kathryn – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This study explores the views of 6,492 New South Wales (NSW) primary and secondary school students' post-school aspirations. It explores when vocational education and training (VET) begins to feature in students' thinking about their futures, the kinds of students who think about VET, and under what conditions. The study informs how teachers,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Hargreaves, Jo; Osborne, Kristen – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This summary brings together the findings from two research projects: "Choosing VET: Investigating the VET Aspirations of School Students" and "In Their Words: Student Choice in Training Markets--Victorian Examples." The research investigated school students' post-school aspirations for vocational education and training (VET),…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries