Postsecondary Crosswalk

The crosswalk below shows how the categories used to classify career education at the postsecondary level can be linked to the categories used to classify CTE at the secondary (high school) level. The secondary school taxonomy is explained further in Bradby and Hudson (2007).

Exhibit 2. Crosswalk between postsecondary taxonomy for career education and Secondary School Taxonomy for career/technical education (CTE)
Postsecondary Career Education Categories		Secondary School Taxonomy CTE Categories
		Family and Consumer Sciences Education
		General Labor Market Preparation
		Occupational Education
Agriculture and Natural Resources			Agriculture and Natural Resources
Business Management			Business Management Business Finance
Business Support			Business Support
Communications and Design			Communications and Design
Computer and Information Sciences			Computer and Information Sciences
Consumer Services			Consumer Services Culinary Arts
Education			Education
Engineeringand Architecture1			Engineering Technologies Architecture
Health Sciences			Health Sciences
Marketing			Marketing
Protective Services			Protective Services
Public, Legal, and Social Services			Library Science Public Administration Legal services
Manufacturing, Construction, Repair, and Transportation			Manufacturing Construction Repair Transportation
1 In the Secondary School Taxonomy, engineering courses are included in the academic curriculum. In the postsecondary taxonomy, science technologies are included in the career curriculum in years prior to 2008, but are included in the academic curriculum in 2008 and more recent years. Source: Bradby and Hudson (2007).

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