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Oscar Aliaga, Ph.D.

Aliaga, is an associate professor in the Career and Technical/Workforce Education Program in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Lifelong Learning.

Before joining USF, Aliaga was a Research Associate and Program Director with the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, at the University of Minnesota and the University of Louisville, respectively. More recently he was the career pathways coordinator for the Agency of Education in Vermont. His research interests include student participation in career and technical education, and career and technical education student outcomes.

Aliaga has conducted extensive research on different aspects of policy and systems in career and technical education and its impact on students achievement, both at the secondary and higher education levels. He has also published more creative analytical approaches to better understand the participation of CTE among high school students and its impact on their postsecondary trajectories. He has also analyzed the impact of other components of the CTE system and their connection to a more effective student experience, like school counseling and CTE, work-based learning, and the use of technology. Aliaga has similarly researched the intra-institutional links between high school CTE and postsecondary CTE through his analysis of enrollment in certificates and associate degrees.