Why Choose Career Technical Education? Disentangling Student Preferences from Program Availability

We thank Katia Garcia Cordoba, Jeremy Guardiola and Nathan Sotherland for excellent research assistance. We thank Jill Kroll, Brian Pyles and others at the Michigan Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education for their invaluable advice and support. The project received approval from the University of Michigan’s Institutional Review Board: HUM00104615. This research used data structured and maintained by the MERI-Michigan Education Data Center (MEDC). MEDC data are modified for analysis purposes using rules governed by MEDC and are not identical to those data collected and maintained by the Michigan Department of Education and/or Michigan’s Center for Educational Performance and Information. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of any other entity. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.