Date of Award
Summer 8-2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Tomeka Davis
Second Advisor
Jim Ainsworth
Third Advisor
Deirdre Oakley
Abstract
The Perkins IV Act was passed in 2006 to promote high school graduation for youth while introducing skills they need to be prepared for in the labor market. Yearly progress reports measure if CTE programs are successful in reducing dropout rates but fall short for a number of reasons. Using state-level data from the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Consortium (NASDCTEc) website for the 2009-2010 school year, state-level data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) database for 2009-2010, and dropout data from the U.S. Department of Education for the 2010-2011 school year to establish causality, my research seeks to address the extent to which Perkins IV funding reduces drop out rates at the state-level.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4308776
Recommended Citation
LangBruttig, Artis, "The Cost of Dropping Out: An Examination of State-level Vocational Funding on High School Dropout Rates." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4308776