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Origins, chronology, and current status of the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education: 1963–2012
Author(s) -
Lewis Morgan V.,
Stone James R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha.20021
Subject(s) - vocational education , legislation , center (category theory) , research center , work (physics) , political science , medical education , higher education , library science , sociology , public administration , pedagogy , public relations , engineering , law , medicine , mechanical engineering , chemistry , computer science , crystallography
The National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE) had a unique status among federally funded research and development center in education. Its funding was authorized by the federal legislation for career and technical and administered by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, not the Institute for Education Sciences. This paper reviews the origins of the NRCCTE and the process that led to its unique status. The National Center was originally authorized by the Education Amendments of 1976 and reauthorized by the four Perkins acts. The responsibilities of the Center set forth in each of these acts are presented. The paper concludes with an overview of the program of work conducted by the National Research Center at the University of Louisville.