Building bridges to life after high school: Contemporary career academies and student outcomes |
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| Institution: | 1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States;2. Wake County Public School System, United States;1. The Rockwool Foundation Research Unit, Ny Kongensgade 6, 1472 Copenhagen, Denmark;2. The Danish Center for Social Science Research, Herluf Trolles Gade 11, 1052 Copenhagen, Denmark;3. The Danish Evaluation Institute, Østbanegade 55, 3. sal, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark;1. Stanford University, United States;2. Sao Paulo, Brazil;1. Uppsala University, IFAU, and UCLS, Sweden;2. Uppsala University, UCLS, Sweden;3. University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Career academies serve an increasingly wide range of students. This paper examines the contemporary profile of students entering career academies in a large, diverse school district and estimates causal effects of participation in one of the district's well-regarded academies on a range of high school and college outcomes. Exploiting the lottery-based admissions process of this technology-focused academy, we find that academy enrollment increases the likelihood of high school graduation by about 8 percentage points and boosts rates of college enrollment for males but not females. Analysis of intermediate outcomes suggests that effects on attendance and industry-relevant certification at least partially mediate the overall high school graduation effect. |
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