Guided Pathways to Careers: Four Dimensions of Structure in Community College Career-Technical Programs

作     者：Van Noy, Michelle Trimble, Madeline Jenkins, Davis Barnett, Elisabeth Wachen, John 

作者机构：Rutgers State Univ 94 Rockafeller Rd Piscataway NJ 08854 USA Columbia Univ Teachers Coll Community Coll Res Ctr New York NY 10027 USA Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill Policy Leadership & Sch Improvement Chapel Hill NC USA 

出 版 物：《COMMUNITY COLLEGE REVIEW》 (社区学院评论)

年 卷 期：2016年第44卷第4期

页      面：263-285页

学科分类：0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 

基　　金：Bill & Melilnda Gates Foundation 

主　　题：program structure career-technical education student success community colleges 

摘      要：Objective: Some have hypothesized that community college programs are not sufficiently structured to support student success and that students would benefit from more highly structured programs. This study examines the specific ways that structure is expressed in policy and practice at representative community colleges. Method: Using data obtained from interviews and program websites at Washington State community and technical colleges, we examine the structure of community college career-technical programs along four dimensions: program prescription, program alignment, access to information, and active advising and support. Results: We find high levels of structure on all dimensions in the allied health, computer and information science, and mechanics and repair programs. There are moderate levels of structure in the business and marketing programs. Contributions: This study documents the specific ways that community college career-technical programs are structured to support student success, and it provides a framework for examining structure to inform practice and guide future research efforts.