Creating Career Connections for Students with Disabilities

Study 1  Career Assessment and Planning Strategies
Study 2A  Students With and Without Disabilities Enrolled in Traditional CTE Programs
Study 2B  Students With and Without Disabilities Enrolled in Nontraditional CTE Programs
Study 3  Cooperative Education Experiences of Females With and Without Disabilities
Study 4  Program Completion Patterns of Male and Female Students With and Without Disabilities
Study 5 Postsecondary Outcomes

Study 4 Research Questions:

1.  Within and across study years, to what extent do male and female students enrolled in training level programs complete their program of study? Is there a relationship between a student's gender and program completion?

2.  Within and across study years, for male and female students enrolled in training level programs, is there a relationship between the presence or absence of a disability and program completion?

3.  Within and across study years, for male and female students with disabilities enrolled in training level programs, is there a relationship between a student's disability category and program completion?

4.  Within and across study years, for male and female students enrolled in training level programs, is there a relationship between a student's ethnicity and program completion?

5.  Within and across study years, for male and female students enrolled in training level programs, is there a relationship between the geographical region where a student attends school and program completion?

6.  Within and across study years, for male and female students enrolled in training level programs, is there a relationship between the kind of school a student attends and program completion?

7.  Within and across study years, for all students in training level programs, and specifically for males and females with and without disabilities, is there a relationship between program type (i.e., traditional vs. nontraditional) and program completion?

8.  Within and across study years, to what extend do male and female students enrolled in training level programs complete traditional vs. nontraditional programs of study?

9.  Within and across study years, for male and female students, is there a relationship between the type of training program a student completes (traditional vs. nontraditional completer CIP)?

10.  Within and across study years, for male and female students, is there a relationship between the presence or absence of a disability and completion of a traditional vs. nontraditional program?

11.  Within and across study years, for male and female students with a disability, is there a relationship between a student's disability category and completion of a traditional vs. nontraditional program?

12.  Within and across study years, for male and female students, is there a relationship between a student's ethnicity and completion of a traditional vs. nontraditional program?

13.  Within and across study years, for male and female students, is there a relationship between the geographical region where a student attends school and completion of a traditional vs. nontraditional program?

14.  Within and across study years, for male and female students, is there a relationship between the kind of school a student attends and completion of a traditional vs. nontraditional program?

15.  Within and across study years, which nontraditional programs and program clusters do male and female students, and specifically students with and without disabilities, complete?

16.  Within and across study years, for all students and specifically for students with and without disabilities, is there a relationship between a student's program cluster and program completion?

Award # H324C030014
Funded by U.S. Dept. of Ed, Office of Special Ed Programs