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  • AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG NEW JERSEY COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ PERCEPTIONS AND THE VARIABLES THAT IMPACT ENROLLMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BUILDING TRADES PROGRAMS

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    The construction industry in New Jersey has long provided a viable opportunity to young men and women searching for employment as an alternative to continuing education beyond high school. Although New Jersey's county vocational school systems were established and are funded for the purposes of educating and training students in prerequisite skill sets for work force positions, discussions with the administration of today’s county vocational school districts suggests that enrollment in many of the programs developed to prepare students for construction industry or building trades programs has been decreasing. This mixed methods study examined the evolution of building trades education in New Jersey’s county vocational high school system through the perspective of the administrators charged with leading the districts currently offering programming in the same. More specifically, these administrators were asked to identify the variables they believe to have contributed to a perceived decline in enrollment in these courses. The null hypothesis tested as part of this study was that there is no statistically significant relationship among New Jersey county vocational school administrators’ perceptions and the variables that impact enrollment in high school level Building Trades programming. In addition to testing the null hypothesis, role emphasis was placed on answering the following, research questions: 1. What are the variables that have impacted enrolment in Building Trades programming at the high school level? 2. Are there notable differences in beliefs of the respondents based on the population of the county in which the school districts operate? 3. Is there a program structure that is more effective at maintaining consistent enrollment than others, i.e. shared time programming vs. full time programming? 4. Are county vocational school districts moving away from offering prerequisite coursework in traditionally less academic trades and more towards traditionally highly academic trades, i.e. engineering, technology and medicine?
    Keyword:
    New Jersey, County vocational school systems, High School Enrollment, Trades Programs, Employment, and Building Trades programming
    Subject:
    Education
    Creator:
    LaValva, Stephen Vincent
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    01/07/2020
    Date Modified:
    11/20/2023
    Date Created:
    May-2016
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation