Title,Citation,Topic_area,Study_type,Study_evidence_rating,Outcome_effectiveness,Findings,Intervention_program,Topics,Target_population,Firm_characteristics,Geographic_setting,Original_publication_date,Original_publication_link,"Review Protocol"
"Information technology career preparation for rural areas.","Hahs-Vaughn, D. L., Swan, B., & Clark, M. H. (2019). Information technology career preparation for rural areas. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1-13.","Community College","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains
      


  
      
            Employment-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Florida Information Technology Careers for Rural Areas (XCEL-IT) program on education, employment, and earnings outcomes.
The authors used a nonexperimental design to compare the differences in outcomes between XCEL-IT program participants and a comparison group.
The study found that XCEL-IT program participation was significantly related to program completion.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low because the authors did not ensure that the groups being compared were similar before the intervention. This means we are not confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the XCEL-IT program; other factors are likely to have contributed.","the Florida Information Technology Careers for Rural Areas (XCEL-IT)","Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs","Adult, Unemployed, Veteran or military",,"Rural, United States",2019,,"Community College Review Protocol"