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UNINA9910480067803321 |
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Autore |
Gray Kenneth C. |
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Other ways to win : creating alternatives for high school graduates / / Kenneth C. Gray, Edwin L. Herr ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe |
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-4833-5184-X |
1-4522-0976-6 |
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Edizione |
[Third edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Career education - United States |
High school students - Vocational guidance - United States |
High school graduates - Employment - United States |
Postsecondary education - United States |
High school graduates - United States - Social conditions |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the Third Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part I - The One Way to Win Myth""; ""Chapter 1 - The One Way to Win Myth""; ""The Academic Middle""; ""Section I: The One Way to Win Paradigm""; ""The One Way to Win Paradigm Defined""; ""Section II: The Human, Financial, and Economic Development""; ""Costs of the One Way to Win Paradigm""; ""The Human Cost of the One Way to Win Paradigm""; ""The Rope Climbing Allegory"" |
""The Dollars and Cents Cost to Students and Their Parents""""The Dollars and Cents Cost to the Public""; ""The Economic Development Cost""; ""Technical Skill Shortages""; ""Foreign Workers, 9/11, and Exporting of Jobs""; ""Section III: The Argument for Creating Other Ways to Win""; ""A Case Study: Keith and the College Game""; ""Chapter 2 - Recognizing the Forces behind One Way to Win""; ""Understanding the One Way to Win Mentality""; ""Section I: The Pressure to Go to College from Parents and Others""; ""Pressure from Parents""; ""Pressure from |
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High Schools"" |
""State-Mandated High Stakes Testing""""Pressure from Peers and the Media""; ""Section II: The Economic and Social Forces behind One Way to Win""; ""Diminishing Economic Opportunities""; ""Labor Market Misconceptions""; ""Globalization""; ""Misplaced Faith in the Job Outlook for 4-Year College Graduates""; ""The Fundamental Fear: All Decent Jobs Will Require a BA""; ""Education, Social Class, and Status""; ""The Prejudice Against Nonprofessional Work""; ""The Ideology of Equal Opportunity""; ""Section III: The Enablers behind One Way to Win: Open Admissions and Financial Aid"" |
""Open College Admissions""""Need-Based Financial Aid""; ""Section IV: No Child Left behind""; ""No Child Left behind Legislation""; ""Other Ways to Win""; ""Chapter 3 - Limited Options for Special Populations""; ""Section I: Disadvantaged Youth""; ""Youth “at Risk� of Dropping out of High School""; ""Special Needs Students""; ""Section II: Economically Disadvantaged Youth""; ""Section III: Women and the Gender Wage Gap""; ""Other Ways to Win""; ""Part II - Counting the Losers in the One Way to Win Game""; ""Chapter 4 - Questionable Academic Preparation"" |
""Section I: How Effective is the College Prep Program of Study?""""The College Prep Program and the Academic Middle""; ""Follow-Up Study of Recent High School Graduates""; ""Going to College: Do Academic Credentials Matter?""; ""Section II: The High School Experience of Those in the Academic Middle""; ""College Prep Course�Taking Patterns""; ""Involvement in the Curriculum""; ""Career Uncertainty""; ""Second-Class Status""; ""Low Academic Expectations""; ""Other Ways to Win""; ""Chapter 5 - Winners and Losers in the One Way to Win Game"" |
""Section I: Remedial Education and College Dropouts: The First Losers"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Now in its third edition, this bestseller offers new data, recommendations, and observations that explore the choices for success available to students in the academic middle. |
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