Title page
Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 5
Findings 8
Limitations 12
Implications 13
References 15
Acknowledgments 17
Table 1. Regional long-term projected employment openings in high-demand study occupations from 2014 to 2024 that were unserved by a career and technical education program in one or more... 10
Figure 1. Seventy percent of West Virginia's long-term projected employment openings typically require at least some occupational preparation but not considerable or extensive preparation, 2016/17 8
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 3
Box 2. Data sources, sample, and methods 6
Maps
Map 1. Regional career and technical education programs in West Virginia served a majority of regional long-term projected employment openings in high-demand study occupations, 2016/17 9
Map 2. Students in about half of West Virginia's career and technical education programs were in a program that aligned to at least one high-demand study occupation within their region, 2016/17 11