Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Texas Workforce

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Motivated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s 60×30TX strategic plan, this project examined the path to and through college and into the workforce for students in the Houston area and state of Texas.

Motivated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s (THECB) 60×30TX strategic plan for ensuring 60 percent of Texans ages 25-34 complete a postsecondary credential by 2030, this project examined the path to and through college and into the workforce for students in the Houston area and state of Texas. Strong academic supports in ninth-grade, college prep course-taking during high school, free college or tuition subsidies, and ensuring students have clear paths from education to occupations may be strategies to increase college attendance and graduation and plug the leaky educational pipeline in Harris County.

By analyzing a number of data sources and using different methodological approaches, the project developed seven products. Links to a summary report and the individual briefs are below. 

RELATED RESEARCH
Tracking Eighth-Graders' Postsecondary Outcomes in Harris County
Nov. 6, 2018

Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) used the Houston Community Data Connections platform to track hundreds of thousands of Houston-area students' educational and professional careers for 17 years.

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Transitioning to College and Work: Where are high school seniors from 2006-2008 now? (Part 1)
Apr. 9, 2018

This research brief describes the college outcomes of three cohorts of 12th grade students in the Houston Independent School District through descriptive statistics of college enrollment, college completion and annual income.

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Transitioning to College and Work: A Study of Potential Enrollment Indicators (Part 2)
Jul. 8, 2020

Part 2 of the Houston Longitudinal Study on the Transition to College and Work (HLS) examined potential indicators of college enrollment school and district staff might use to identify and support students at risk of not attending college.

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Transitioning to College and Work: Labor Market Analyses in Houston and Texas (Part 3)
Jul. 15, 2020

Part 3 of the Houston Longitudinal Study on the Transition to College and Work (HLS) examined supply and demand for labor in the Houston area and Texas; in-demand occupations and skills in the Houston area; and early career wages and unemployment receipt among high school graduates from the Houston IndependentSchool District (HISD).

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The Role of College Prep Course Offerings and Course-Taking in Long-Term Educational Outcomes
Aug. 19, 2019

This study analyzes the distribution of college prep course offerings across Texas high schools and which school characteristics are associated with higher and lower numbers of college prep course offerings

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School-to-Work Linkages in Texas
Jul. 29, 2020

This report examined school-to-work linkages among bachelor’s degree holders in the state of Texas. Linkage is a measure of how closely connected college majors are to specific occupations in the labor market.

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Will tuition-free college increase college graduation rates?
Aug. 4, 2020

This study determined the optimal tuition subsidy necessary to increase two- and four-year college graduation in Texas. The study also estimated the per pupil and total cost of potential subsidies, and compared how they might affect college graduation rates.

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Postsecondary Readiness

Postsecondary readiness broadly refers to how well students are prepared for education, employment or other pathways after high school.

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