IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/javet0/v5y2014i3p66-81.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Who Participates in High School Career Academies?: A Descriptive Analysis of Six-Year Enrollment Trends in a Southeastern School District

Author

Listed:
  • E. Daniel Cox

    (Career and Technical Education, Volusia County School District, DeLand, FL, USA)

  • Victor Hernández-Gantes

    (College of Education/Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education, Career and Technical Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA)

  • Edward C. Fletcher Jr.

    (College of Education/ Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education, Career and Technical Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA)

Abstract

In response to increasing high school graduation requirements along with emerging skills in the workforce, the focus of career academies has evolved from one of keeping students enrolled in high school through graduation to a more robust preparation for college and careers for all students. This new focus may have resulted in a demographic shift in the students participating in career academies. To that end, the purpose of this study was to describe the demographics of students who participated in career academies in one Southeastern school district over a six-year period from 2007 – 2012. Findings indicate that a gender gap continues to exist among career academies. Additionally, when compared to the population across the district's high schools, while the career academies are becoming more diverse, participation of minority groups in career academies still lags behind that of their Caucasian counterparts. Implications for administrators and future research opportunities are also articulated.

Suggested Citation

  • E. Daniel Cox & Victor Hernández-Gantes & Edward C. Fletcher Jr., 2014. "Who Participates in High School Career Academies?: A Descriptive Analysis of Six-Year Enrollment Trends in a Southeastern School District," International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET), IGI Global, vol. 5(3), pages 66-81, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:javet0:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:66-81
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/ijavet.2014070105
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:javet0:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:66-81. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.