Research Notes: Dual Enrollment’s Long-Term Impact on Student Earnings

Because the dual education model is a way to help reduce the shortage of technicians in the Nuevo León (NL) industry, the Caintra and the Conalep held the Dual Fair so that, for the first time and on the same site, they could bring together companies and students. Juan Pablo García Garza, director general of Caintra NL, pointed out that the dual model implies that young people can carry out their studies and, in turn, carry out practices in the …

Research Notes: Dual Enrollment’s Long-Term Impact on Student Earnings

Dual-credit programs allow high school students to earn college credits, potentially reducing the time and cost of earning a degree. But evidence on their long-term impacts—particularly for underserved students—has been mixed. A new study by researchers from The Research Institute at Dallas College and The University of Texas at Dallas examines the long-term financial outcomes […]

A little more than 50 percent of the students who study at the upper secondary level in the Dual Education System (SED) are in the National College of Technical Vocational Education (Conalep). Of the 16,240 students in this type (9,972 women and 6,268 men), 8,300 are in the Conalep.