The Promise of HighQuality Career and （优质的职业和的承诺）.pdf

The Promise of High-Quality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown Public Policy Institute and Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy Dane Linn, The Business Roundtable Wanda Monthey, The College Board OctOber 2013 About the College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, the College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success — including the SAT® and the Advanced Placement Program® . The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visit . The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy works with policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and advocates to identify, develop, and disseminate effective policies and practices to alleviate poverty and inequality in the United States.  The Center’s areas of anti-poverty work include marginalized girls, workforce and education opportunities for disconnected youth, and deep poverty.  Each year, the Center hosts conferences and round-table discussions about innovations and challenges in anti-poverty practice and policy, and writes papers based on those discussions.  For more information, see http://www.law. /academics/centers-institutes/poverty-inequality/index.cfm . The Center on Poverty thanks the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Open Society Foundation’s Special Fund for the Alleviation of Povert