Educational redesign in rural Kansas secondary schools to promote postsecondary credential attainment
dc.contributor.author | Herbst, Audrey Ann | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-18T21:21:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-18T21:21:11Z | |
dc.date.graduationmonth | May | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2019-05-01 | |
dc.date.published | 2019 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A country's productivity and economic competitiveness relies upon education, specifically postsecondary training which is fundamental to students' upward mobility in a thriving and progressive economic culture (Hanushek & Kimko, 2000; Haunshek & Woessmann, 2012; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013; Bailey, Jaggars, & Jenkins, 2015). At least 71% of careers in the 21st century, and beyond, will require a minimum of a vocational certificate or licensure, associate's degree, or bachelor's degree by the year 2020 (Lindsay, J., Davis, E., Stephan, J., Bonsu, P., & Narlock, J. (2016). Despite several years of state and national efforts, the US is producing nowhere near enough adults with the prescribed postsecondary credentials to meet the national workforce requirements (Bidwell, 2015; Lumina Foundation, 2017). Higher levels of degree attainment must become a national priority (Pathways to success: Integrating learning with life and work to increase national college completion. A report to the U.S. congress and secretary of education.2012). This study articulates (a) thick descriptions of transformational approaches to build a culture that is conducive to successful preparation of students for postsecondary credential attainment in rural secondary schools in Kansas; (b) a purposeful examination of approaches, programs, and strategies that are currently implemented within rural secondary schools in Kansas that promote postsecondary credential attainment of students; and (c) a description of proposed methods to support educators as transformational approaches to enhance postsecondary credential attainment by students in rural secondary schools in Kansas are implemented. | en_US |
dc.description.advisor | Debbie K. Mercer | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.department | Curriculum and Instruction Programs | en_US |
dc.description.level | Doctoral | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/39620 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Postsecondary credentials | en_US |
dc.subject | School redesign | en_US |
dc.subject | Rural schools | en_US |
dc.subject | CTE | en_US |
dc.subject | Postsecondary planning | en_US |
dc.subject | Postsecondary success | en_US |
dc.subject | College and career preparation | en_US |
dc.title | Educational redesign in rural Kansas secondary schools to promote postsecondary credential attainment | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |