Examining Public Perceptions of Career and Technical Education
in Nebraska - Survey of General Public (July 2010) This report
presents the findings of the survey: "Examining Public
Perceptions of Career and Technical Education (CTE) in
Nebraska." In Nebraska, CTE is also commonly referred to as
"Career Education," but for the purposes of this report, the
term "CTE" will be used. There are six subject areas that fall
under the umbrella of CTE: 1) Agricultural Education
(Environmental and Agricultural Systems); 2) Business and/or
Marketing (Business Marketing and Management); 3) Computer
Education/Information Technology; 4) Family and Consumer
Sciences (Human Services); 5) Health Science; and 6) Industrial
Technology (Industrial Manufacturing and Engineering Systems).
The purpose of the survey is to inform possible revisions to CTE
standards in Nebraska. Thus, the results herein provide a
snapshot of public perceptions of CTE among a randomly selected
portion of the public in Nebraska. This survey was conducted