The Central Texas Student Futures Project (Student Futures Project) is a research partnership of the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources at the University of Texas at Austin and eight Central Texas independent school districts (ISDs). One of the purposes of this project is to provide Central Texas school districts, postsecondary education institutions and employers with comprehensive, longitudinal research on what local high school students do after high school and how a variety of educational, personal and financial factors relate to their success in higher education and the workforce. National research datasets are frequently unable to provide region-specific information on high school graduate transitions. The combination of survey data (described further below) and administrative records in the regression analyses is particularly powerful and fairly unique in studies of postsecondary transitions, especially regionally-focused studies. This unique data set is also of a sufficient size to support new insights into the way various factors influence college enrollment and retention differently for key population subgroups (e.g., Hispanic, low-income, and first-generation college students) that are less likely to attend postsecondary education.

Education and Work After High School: Findings from Multi-Methods Research in Central Texas (April 16, 2009)

Education and Work After High School: Findings from Multi-Methods Research in Central Texas (Powerpoint Presentation, April 16, 2009)