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02967aam a2200457 i 4500 001 CBB7A73E90F111EA86A69E4897128E48 003 SILO 005 20200508010100 008 181002s2019 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018046347 020 $a 1475852991 020 $a 9781475852998 020 $a 147584753X 020 $a 9781475847536 035 $a (OCoLC)1048937351 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDX $d UKMGB $d DLC $d BDX $d MBT $d OSU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LA227.4 $b .P43 2019 082 00 $a 378.73 $2 23 100 1 $a Pearlstein, Mitchell B., $d 1948- $e author. 245 10 $a Education roads less traveled : $b solving America's fixation on four-year degrees / $c Mitch Pearlstein. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2019] 300 $a xv, 127 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a An increasingly recognized problem -- The four-year college bias -- Underemployed paths to great jobs -- The growing power of debt -- Potential economic detours -- Potential social detours -- The art of craft. 520 $a Every year, large numbers of American young people who are not terribly interested in attending a four-year college reluctantly enroll anyway, effectively pressured by combinations of parents, peers, teachers, guidance counselors, and the normative air they breathe. More than occasionally, they wind up confirming that collegiate life is not for them and, sooner or later, drop out. From there, again more than occasionally, they find themselves unemployed or underemployed, in big-time student debt, and quite possibly feeling like a failure. Digging deeply into issues like these is this book's main aim. Helping teenagers think through what they want to do with their lives is its main educational mission. Recognizing the economic and other dangers posed by severe skill gaps, made worse by the retirement of skilled baby boomers, adds urgency to the mix.--COVER. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Aims and objectives $z United States. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Educational change $z United States. 650 0 $a Nontraditional college students. 650 7 $a Education, Higher $x Aims and objectives. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903015 650 7 $a Education, Higher $x Economic aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903047 650 7 $a Educational change. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903371 650 7 $a Nontraditional college students. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01039007 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pearlstein, Mitchell B., 1948- $t Education roads less traveled. $d Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] $z 9781475847550 $w (DLC) 2018059076 941 $a 1 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022952.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CBB7A73E90F111EA86A69E4897128E48 994 $a 92 $b UINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search