Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America / / ed. by Laura W. Perna.

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• MitwirkendeR: Andreason, Stuart,; Armijo, Michael,; Bailey, Thomas,; Barghaus, Katherine M.,; Belfield, Clive R.,; Bradlow, Eric T.,; Carnevale, Anthony P.,; Ferguson, Ronald F.,; Holzer, Harry J.,; McMaken, Jennifer,; Merrill, Lisa,; O'Connor, Bridget N.,; Perna, Laura W.,; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn,; Rikoon, Samuel H.,; Ruby, Alan,; Smith, Nicole,; Strohl, Jeff,; Tierney, William G.,; Wolf-Powers, Laura,
• HerausgeberIn: Perna, Laura W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 14 illus.

Education, long the key to opportunity in the United States, has become simply essential to earning a decent living. By 2018, 63 percent of all jobs will require at least some postsecondary education or training. Teachers and civic leaders stress the value of study through high school and beyond, bu...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• I. Defining Success in Preparing Individuals for Work
• Chapter 1. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor . . . A Public Policy Agenda on Today's Students and Tomorrow's Jobs
• Chapter 2. Assessing and Measuring Workforce Readiness: A Discussion toward the Development of a Universal and Valid Measure
• Chapter 3. Work- Based Learning: Initiatives and Impact
• II. The Role of Different Educational Providers in Preparing Students for Work
• Chapter 4. Improving Career and Technical Education in the United States
• Chapter 5. Postsecondary Education and Economic Opportunity
• Chapter 6. Community College Occupational Degrees: Are They Worth It?
• Chapter 7. The Conundrum of Profit-Making Institutions in Higher Education
• III. Implications for Institutional Practice and Public Policy
• Chapter 8. Strengthening the Education and Workforce Connection: What Types of Research Are Required to Determine How Well Career Pathways Programs Prepare Students for College and Careers?
• Chapter 9. Conceiving Regional Pathways to Prosperity Systems
• Chapter 10. Aligning Secondary and Postsecondary Credentialization with Economic Development Strategy, or "If Low Educational Attainment = Poor Metropolitan Competitiveness, What Can Be Done about It?"
• Chapter 11. Creating Effective Education and Workforce Policies for Metropolitan Labor Markets in the United States
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Contributors
• Index
• Acknowledgments