Search Results - "Occupational Clusters"

Career and Technical Education: A Primer. CRS Report R47166, Version 5. Updated

Authors: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Cassandria Dortch Rebecca R. Skinner

Source: Congressional Research Service. 2026.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 29

Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Occupational Clusters, Federal Government, Federal Aid, Career Pathways, Enrollment, Access to Education, Teacher Shortage, Career and Technical Education Teachers, Educational Benefits, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Wages, For Profit Colleges, Public Colleges, Student Organizations, Credentials, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Education, Labor Force Development, Job Training

Geographic Terms: Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Morrill Act 1862, Smith Hughes Act, Manpower Development and Training Act, Vocational Education Act 1963, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act 2018

Career Exploration, Level 1. Career-Centered Curriculum for Vocational Complexes in Mississippi.

Authors: Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. Jones County School District, Laurel, MS.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 357

Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.

Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Guides, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 7, Grade 8, Home Economics Education, Industrial Education, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Learning Modules, Managerial Occupations, Occupational Clusters, Public Service Occupations, Resource Materials, Secondary Education, Self Actualization, State Curriculum Guides, Vocational Education

Resource Unit for Levels Seven and Eight Using the Occupational Clusters in Career Orientation. Lincoln County Exemplary Program in Vocational Education.

Authors: Lincoln County Schools, Hamlin, WV. Holstein, Herbert B.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 123

Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Career Education, Career Exploration, Field Trips, Grade 7, Grade 8, Interpersonal Competence, Job Analysis, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Occupational Clusters, Occupational Information, Resource Materials, Resource Units, Self Evaluation, Simulation, Teacher Developed Materials, Teaching Methods, Units of Study, Work Experience

Career Education: Learning with a Purpose. Secondary Guide-Vol. 5. Mathematics and Career Clusters, Mathematics Related Activity Suggestions, Field Trip Sites and Guest Speakers.

Authors: State Fair Community Coll., Sedalia, MO. Atkinson, Marilyn

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 168

Sponsoring Agency: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.

Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Integrated Curriculum, Mathematics, Occupational Clusters, Resource Materials, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Unit Plan

Exploring Digital Skills Demand: Key Insights from Online Job Vacancies in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda. Education Working Paper No. 21

Authors: World Bank Marjorie Chinen Carlotta Montorsi

Source: World Bank. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 66

Sponsoring Agency: MasterCard Foundation

Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Employment Opportunities, Job Skills, Foreign Countries, Supply and Demand, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Occupational Clusters, Occupations

Geographic Terms: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda

Leveraging Labor Market Information through the National Career Clusters® Framework

Authors: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work Jessica Maddox

Source: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 15

Sponsoring Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Occupational Clusters, Educational Policy, State Policy, Career Pathways, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Labor Market, Data Collection, Data Use, Labor Needs, Access to Information, Decision Making, Alignment (Education)

Geographic Terms: Delaware, Kansas, Florida

Systems Alignment through the National Career Clusters® Framework

Authors: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work Kate Kreamer

Source: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 17

Sponsoring Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Occupational Clusters, Educational Policy, State Policy, Career Pathways, Alignment (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Partnerships in Education, Shared Resources and Services

Geographic Terms: Alabama, Illinois, Nebraska

Flexible Career Pathways through the National Career Clusters® Framework

Authors: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work Haley Wing

Source: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 20

Sponsoring Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Occupational Clusters, Educational Policy, State Policy, Career Pathways, Career Readiness, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Alignment (Education), Interdisciplinary Approach, Credentials

Educator Credentialing through the National Career Clusters® Framework

Authors: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work Janeva Wilson

Source: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 16

Sponsoring Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Career and Technical Education Teachers, Teacher Certification, Secondary School Teachers, Occupational Clusters, Alternative Teacher Certification, Educational Policy, State Policy, Teacher Qualifications

Geographic Terms: North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas

Mapping the Occupations of Recent Graduates. The Role of Academic Background in the Digital Era

Authors: Helena Corrales-Herrero Beatriz Rodríguez-Prado

Source: Research in Higher Education. 2024 65(8):1853-1882.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 30

Descriptors: Occupations, College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Skill Analysis, Individual Differences, Technical Occupations, Occupational Clusters, Educational Background, Student Characteristics

Geographic Terms: Spain

Illinois Career and Technical Education. 2021 Report

Authors: Illinois State Board of Education

Source: Illinois State Board of Education. 2022.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 78

Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Futures (of Society), Educational Trends, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, State Programs, Federal Aid, State Aid, Career Pathways, High Schools, Vocational Training Centers, High School Students, Graduation Rate, Student Characteristics, Occupational Clusters, Educational Quality, Educational Opportunities

Geographic Terms: Illinois

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act 2018

Human Capital for the 21st Century: Aligning Education with Future Workforce Needs. The COVID Constituency

Authors: Hunt Institute Wise, Bob Siddiqi, Javaid

Source: Hunt Institute. 2022.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 10

Sponsoring Agency: Carnegie Corporation of New York

Descriptors: Human Capital, Alignment (Education), Labor Force Development, Labor Needs, Labor Market, Career Development, Career Readiness, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Vocational Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, State Aid, Partnerships in Education, Occupational Clusters, Job Skills, Work Experience Programs, High Schools, Postsecondary Education, Labor Turnover, Demand Occupations

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 2014, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act 2018

Evaluating the Quality of the List of Occupations Recommended for Further Exploration

Authors: Tony Gutentag Itamar Gati Aviva Shimoni

Source: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. 2024 24(2):333-352.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 20

Descriptors: Career Choice, Graduate Students, Occupational Clusters, Evaluation, Counselors, Career Planning

Black Women Faculty Transition Experiences in a Cluster Hire Initiative: A Qualitative Case Study

Authors: Paula K. Davis

Source: ProQuest LLC. 2024Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 137

Descriptors: African American Teachers, Females, Case Studies, Occupational Clusters, Teacher Selection, Teacher Attitudes, Racism, Gender Bias, Interpersonal Relationship, Teacher Orientation, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Welfare

Access URL: https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:31575204

Statewide Evaluation of Career and Technical Education Programs. Policy Brief

Authors: Texas Education Research Center Cassidy, Lauren Garland, Marshall et al.

Source: Texas Education Research Center. 2020.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 6

Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Special Education, High School Graduates, Rural Urban Differences, Course Selection (Students), Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Postsecondary Education, Academic Persistence, Employment Level, Wages, Occupational Clusters

Geographic Terms: Texas

The Influence of Earning an Industry Certification in High School on Going to College: The Florida CAPE Act

Authors: Glennie, Elizabeth J. Ottem, Randolph Lauff, Erich

Source: Journal of Career and Technical Education. 2020 35(1):17-35.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 19

Descriptors: Vocational Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Certification, High School Students, Enrollment, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Outcomes of Education, Occupational Clusters

Geographic Terms: Florida

International Models to Rationalise VET Qualifications, Including Occupational Clusters: Case Studies -- Support Document

Authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (Australia) Wibrow, Bridget Waugh, Joanne

Source: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). 2020.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 28

Sponsoring Agency: Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment

Descriptors: Vocational Education, Qualifications, Occupational Clusters, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Educational Development

Geographic Terms: Australia, Finland, United Kingdom (England), New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, United States, Singapore, Germany, Denmark

Who's Who in CTE Occupations: Documenting the Demographic Composition of CTE Job Holders. Career and Technical Education Series. Research Notes

Authors: Educational Testing Service (ETS) Kell, Harrison J. Roohr, Katrina C. et al.

Source: Educational Testing Service. 2020.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 9

Descriptors: Vocational Education, Occupational Clusters, Longitudinal Studies, Females, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Groups, Race, Ethnicity

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (NCES)

Career Exploration at the Middle School Level: Barriers and Opportunities

Authors: Godbey, Samantha Gordon, Howard R. D.

Source: Middle Grades Review. Sep 2019 5(2).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 9

Descriptors: Career Exploration, Middle School Students, Barriers, Program Implementation, Parent Participation, Career Guidance, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Partnerships in Education, Vocational Education, Occupational Clusters

Geographic Terms: Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin

Acceleration of Education in the Cluster Structure of the Economy

Authors: Vyacheslav V. Kazakov Olga V. Vinogradova Denis V. Nametkin et al.

Source: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects. 2022.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 10

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Economics, Occupational Clusters

Geographic Terms: Russia