What works for career-tech programs
A common college-level
mechanism in high-performing
colleges was an early alert system, which provides a proactive and potentially
consistent way to identify students who are having trouble with a course or a
program of study and intervene before they fall too far behind.
High-performing programs were less
likely to emphasize the associate degree and more likely to promote long-term
vocational certificates that require fewer general education courses and let
students enter the workforce quickly.
High-performing programs have an
emphasis on earning a long-term certificate.
Students immediately seek paid employment providing them with more
motivation to complete a certificate vs. focusing on an associate degree to
improve long-term career options.
Low-performing programs offered more
short-term certificates, which tend to be less valuable in the workplace. It’s
possible programs with low graduation rates begin offering short-term
certificates so “students would have at least some credential even if they
dropped out,” the study concludes.
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