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Beyond college for all : career paths for the forgotten half /

By: Rosenbaum, James E, 1943-.
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: 370.113
Contents:
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.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 370.113 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0068873
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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.

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