To stimulate ongoing professional development to maintain and raise educational standards in private career schools. To build cooperative working relations with government agencies, public and private secondary schools and colleges in guiding students in their choices of career and in selecting their postsecondary programs of study. The Institutions Career schools are postsecondary, occupationally oriented, educational institutions. Schools offer entry-level skills training focused on specific careers. Courses stress technical and business writing, math, reading and training in specialized job requirements.
Programs vary in length from three months to three years.
Students spend approximately 23 hours in class each week. Career schools offer over three thousand separate programs throughout Pennsylvania. In 1948, there were 240 career schools in Pennsylvania. In 1998, there were almost 100 specialized associate degree-granting schools in Pennsylvania. Most students want specific training to improve their employment opportunities.