Improving enrollment in dual credit program for career and technology education: lessons learned from HVAC/R program

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2015-02-04

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Tasker, Twyla

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Abstract

Public perception, by students, parents, and school officials, about working in the skilled trades may be creating a barrier to students’ enrollment in the dual credit Career and Technology Education Programs, which provide a critical first step for high school students interested in pursuing these career fields. With this qualitative case study, the researcher examined the perceptions and concerns of high school students and school personnel toward the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) Program and how these perceptions could impede the recruitment and enrollment process at a small community college in Texas, and possibly other institutions, in the future.

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enrollment, dual credit, career and technology education

Citation

Tasker, T. J. (2015). Improving enrollment in dual credit program for career and technology education: lessons learned from an HVAC/R program. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas.