Going to College, or Getting a Job?
What factors influence a high school senior’s decision to go to college? New survey research, combined with Texas Workforce Commission data on employment, seeks to identify factors that heavily influence higher ed and workforce outcomes among Central Texas high school graduates. In the August issue of Texas Business Review, Deanna Schexnayder and her colleagues at the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources summarize their preliminary findings from the Central Texas Futures Project, an ambitious new research study aimed at more effective workforce development.
For traditionally underserved groups like Hispanics and first-generation college students, key factors influencing the decision to attend college include taking college prep curricula in high school like the DAP or RHSP, and completing the FAFSA. The authors go on to find that “after controlling for other effects, Hispanic males were twice as likely to enroll in four-year colleges than Hispanic females, while gender had no effect for all surveyed graduates.” Policymakers can use findings contained in the report to customize targeted strategies to boost college enrollment rates and improve workforce outcomes among Hispanics, the state’s fastest-growing population segment.
Posted: September 2nd, 2009
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Comment from gagner argent
Time October 6, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Thank you for sharing this information. I found your article very interesting, I tried to find out more by searching on the internet but I have not found … Can you please give me some websites that also speaks about the subject of your post?
Henry
Comment from Bruce Kellison
Time October 7, 2009 at 8:57 am
Follow up with the websites in the blog post: the Central Texas Futures Project and the Ray Marshall Center. Good luck!
Comment from Justin Wright
Time October 2, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I think this is a tough question for people to answer. I remember debating this when I went to college. I ended up going the college route and finished, but then decided the whole college then job thing was not what I wanted. Thank goodness for entrepreneurship!