Bissell, Kenneth
(2017)
College and Career Readiness: An Interview Study of High School Graduates and Their Description of Postsecondary Life.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The purpose of this research is three-fold: first, to build an understanding of how high school graduates describe their engagement in college and career ready skills, knowledge, and behaviors during and after high school. The second is to understand how graduates describe secondary school college and career development programs and initiatives. Finally, based on graduate descriptions of struggle after high school, the research uncovered gaps in college and career readiness upon graduation. The conceptual framework for the study was grounded in David Conley’s (2014) Four Keys to College and Career Readiness Model, and social cognitive career theory was explored throughout the study.
A qualitative interview study was conducted to gain a better understanding of how students engage in the acquisition of college and career ready skills, and what college and career ready skills they struggle with upon graduation. Interviews of high school graduates from a southwestern Pennsylvania school district were conducted following Clara Hill’s (1997) Consensual Qualitative Research Method interview process. Analysis of the data included deductive coding using the Four Keys to College and Career Readiness (Conley, 2014), and the social cognitive career theory model of career self-management (Lent & Brown, 2013). Second cycle pattern coding revealed themes of how graduates engaged in college and career readiness, and how their secondary school experiences did or did not contribute to their readiness.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
22 August 2017 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
15 May 2017 |
| Approval Date: |
22 August 2017 |
| Submission Date: |
30 June 2017 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
120 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies |
| Degree: |
EdD - Doctor of Education |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
College and Career Readiness
Workforce Development
Future Ready
Student Voice
Career Identity
Social Cognitive Career Theory |
| Date Deposited: |
22 Aug 2017 22:05 |
| Last Modified: |
22 Aug 2017 22:05 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/32663 |
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