This March 2013 primer from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) covers the transition from vocational education to career and technical education, “an educational strategy for providing young people with the academic, technical, and employability skills and knowledge to pursue postsecondary training or higher education and enter a career field prepared for ongoing learning.”
Topics covered are:
- The Federal Role in Career and Technical Education and the Perkins Act
- What CTE Looks Like in Practice
- Issues Faced by the CTE Field
- The CTE Image
- The CTE Educator Workforce
- The Role of Employers in CTE
- Career Guidance and Counseling
- CTE and General Education Alignment and Collaboration
- K12 and Postsecondary Alignment and Partnerships
The report includes a list of resources as well. It was published by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and was prepared for the College and Career Readiness and Success Center (CCRS Center) by Betsy Brand, Andrew Valent, and Andrea Browning of the American Youth Policy Forum, a lead partner of the CCRS Center.
