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Title:

The changing educational quality of the workforce / special editors of this volume: Robert Zemsky, Peter Cappelli.

Publisher:

Sage Publications,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Labor supply--Effect of education on--United States.
School-to-work transition--United States.
Industry and education--United States.
Occupational training--United States.
Vocational education--United States.
Adult education--United States.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Human Capital.
Beroepskwalificaties.

Other Authors:

Zemsky, Robert, 1940-
Cappelli, Peter.
American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index. "September 1998."

Contents:

On connecting school and work / Ralph S. Saul. Occupation-specific versus general education and training / John Bishop -- School resources and student outcomes / David Card and Alan B. Krueger -- Social benefits of education / Nevzer Stacey -- The disappointments of success : higher education after World War II / Marvin Lazerson -- Labor, markets, and educational restructuring / Robert Zemsky -- Adult enrollment and educational attainment / Jerry A. Jacobs and Scott Stoner-Eby -- Employer participation in school-to-work programs / Peter Cappelli, Daniel Shapiro, and Nichole Shumanis -- Restructuring and skill needs : will firms train? / Harold Salzman -- Military downsizing and the career prospects of youths / Stephen R. Barley -- The benefits of bridging work and school / Daniel Shapiro and Maria Iannozzi -- On connecting school and work / Ralph S. Saul.

Series:

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 559

ISBN:

9780761917342 (cloth)
0761917349 (cloth)
9780761917359 (paper)
0761917357 (paper)

LCCN:

98060537

Locations:

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette) — 300 A613, V.559