| Title: | Postsecondary Career/Technical Education: Changes in the Number of Offering Institutions and Awarded Credentials from 1997 to 2006 |
| Description: | This issue brief examines trends from 1997 to 2006 in the number of sub-baccalaureate postsecondary institutions that offer programs in career/technical education (CTE), and the number of sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials awarded by postsecondary institutions. Trends were examined by institutional sector, focusing on the three sectors most commonly offering CTE: Public two -year institutions, for-profit less-than-two -year institutions, and for-profit two-year institutions. In 2006, these sectors collectively accounted for 87 percent of the less-than-four-year institutions that offered CTE and awarded 94 percent of all sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials. Overall, the number of less-than-four-year institutions offering CTE increased 3 percent from 1997 to 2006, and the number of sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials awarded increased 24 percent. Over this time period, there was a shift in both CTE-offering institutions and CTE credentials, from public two-year institutions to for-profit two-year and less-than-two-year institutions. Although the number of credentials awarded grew at a faster rate among for-profit institutions than among public two-year institutions, the latter still awarded most sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials in 2006 (58 percent) while for-profit two-year and less-than-two-year institutions combined awarded 35 percent. |
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| Cover Date: | September 2008 |
| Web Release: | September 23, 2008 |
| Print Release: | Currently only available online, print version forthcoming. |
| Publication #: | NCES 2008001 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Sue Clery |
| Type of Product: | Issue Brief |
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Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTE Statistics) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) |
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For questions about the content of this Issue Brief, please contact: Rebecca Bielamowicz. |