The Role of Career and Technical Education in Labor Market Outcomes Interview with Ann Huff Stevens
In this podcast graduate student affiliate Ethan Krohn interviews
Ann Huff Stevens on the impact of career and technical
education (CTE) programs on labor market outcomes. Those
facing job loss and displacement are often referred to training
programs, despite limited evidence about how well these programs
work to support earnings. Research conducted by Ann
Stevens, Michal Kurleander and Michel Grosz using data
on the California community college system helps fill
this gap in evidence.
National efforts to increase college attainment and to address
the nation’s skills gap have focused heavily on community
colleges. Understanding returns to community college programs is
particularly important for low-income students, since nearly half
of low-income students begin their college careers at community
colleges, compared to just 15 percent of high-income students.[1]
Using administrative data from California, we find that
students who earn vocational certificates and degrees see large
earnings gains that vary substantially by course of study.
