Beyond college for all : career paths for the forgotten half /
By: Rosenbaum, James E.
Series: American Sociological Association Rose series in sociology.Publisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2004Edition: 1st papercover ed.Description: xii, 323 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0871547538 (pbk.).Subject(s): School-to-work transition -- United States | Vocational education -- United States | High school graduates -- Employment -- United States | Youth -- Employment -- United States | Occupational training -- United States | Labor market -- United StatesDDC classification: 370.113Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-314) and index.
1. Pathways to adulthood : reversing the downward spiral of the youth labor market -- 2. Market and network theories of the high school-to-work transition -- 3. College for all : do students understand what college demands? -- 4. Gatekeeping in an era of more open gates : high school counselors' views of their influence on students' college plans -- 5. Do employers need more educated youth? -- 6. Hiring in a Hobbesian world : social infrastructure and employers' use of information -- 7. Ships passing in the night : the sociological foundations of economic transactions -- 8. Are noncognitive behaviors in school related to later outcomes? -- 9. Pathways into work : short- and long-term effects of personal and institutional ties -- 10. Hidden links : teachers' social construction of employer linkages -- 11. Theoretical implications : using institutional linkages to signal and enhance youths' capabilities -- 12. Policy implications : career paths for the forgotten half.