Book/Printed Material The impact of Army JROTC participation on school and career outcomes

Title

• The impact of Army JROTC participation on school and career outcomes

Summary

• Despite the U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps' (AJROTC's) longevity, the scope of its reach, and the size of its budget, little is known about the associations between AJROTC participation and outcomes of importance to the country and military. To understand these effects, the authors reviewed U.S. Department of Defense, Army, and U.S. Army Cadet Command policies and regulations and created a logic model to identify desired outcomes. They conducted interviews with Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) and school stakeholders to determine important program characteristics, such as student experience, how the value of the program is communicated and perceived, and how program modernization efforts (including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM]-focused efforts) align with the curriculum. Using individual-level data on programs in Texas and Hawaii, the authors analyzed participant outcomes both in high school and beyond, with a focus on STEM-related outcomes. The authors found that AJROTC serves more-economically disadvantaged schools and students, which makes simple benchmarks less informative. Once accounting for these differences, the authors found that cadets who participate in all four years of AJROTC are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance, and have lower rates of suspension compared with matched peers. However, after graduating from high school, they are less likely to immediately enroll in college and more likely to plan to join the military. Former JROTC (any service) cadets who enlist in the Army are more likely to complete their first terms and more likely to pursue STEM occupational specialties.

Names

• Zaber, Melanie A., author

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2023]
• ©2023

Contents

• Characterizing the Effects of Participation in AJROTC on Student Outcomes -- AJROTC Logic Model -- Interview Findings -- Analyses of Former JROTC Cadets Who Enlisted in the U.S. Army -- Outcomes of AJROTC Cadets in High School and Beyond -- Findings and Recommendations.

Headings

• -  United States.--Army.--Junior ROTC--Evaluation
• -  Career education--United States
• -  Science--Vocational guidance--United States
• -  Technology--Vocational guidance--United States
• -  Engineering--Vocational guidance--United States
• -  Mathematics--Vocational guidance--United States
• -  Technical education--Curricula--United States
• -  Education, Secondary--United States
• -  Postsecondary education--United States
• -  United States.--Army.--Junior ROTC
• -  Career education
• -  Education, Secondary
• -  Engineering--Vocational guidance
• -  Mathematics--Vocational guidance
• -  Postsecondary education
• -  Science--Vocational guidance
• -  Technical education--Curricula
• -  Technology--Vocational guidance
• -  United States

Notes

• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-120).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xiii, 120 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• U428.6

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739757

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739757

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739757

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