The employment consequences of secondary occupational and academic courses for minorities and females

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Antigo Deloresen
dc.contributor.committeechairWolfle, Lee M.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairWolfle, Lee M.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairAsselin, Susan B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcDaniels, Carl O.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGeller, E. Scotten
dc.contributor.committeememberSolly, David C.en
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Student Personnel Servicesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:09:28Zen
dc.date.adate2009-02-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:09:28Zen
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.date.rdate2009-02-13en
dc.date.sdate2009-02-13en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the long-term effect of participation in secondary vocational education and Co-operative Education for non-college attending high school graduates in general, and selected ethnic minorities and females specifically. Minority individuals represented in the study were African-American and Hispanic-American high school graduates from the 1980 sophomore cohort of the High School and Beyond, Fourth Follow-up. While previous research has purported to show that secondary vocational education has short-term economic benefit for non-college attending youth, these benefits have been mixed and/or nonexistent for minority youth. Few studies have examined the long-term benefit of participation in vocational education during high school. Path analysis was used to examine the long-term direct and indirect effects of secondary vocational education on the post secondary labor market experiences of non-college attending females and selected minorities. A causal model was devised to determine the influence of taking vocational education courses and participation in Co-op during high school on length of employment and annual income for young people entering the labor force with only a high school diploma. For non-college attending youth, these analyses found no long-term effect on their post graduation labor market experiences as a result of taking secondary vocational education courses and/or participating in Co-op during high school.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentviii, 126 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02132009-171617en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02132009-171617/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37347en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1995.M378.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34827716en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1995.M378en
dc.titleThe employment consequences of secondary occupational and academic courses for minorities and femalesen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling and Student Personnel Servicesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen
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