05245nam 2200709 450 991079730190332120230207221226.01-4833-5184-X1-4522-0976-6(CKB)3710000000456858(EBL)1480646(OCoLC)922907265(SSID)ssj0001531086(PQKBManifestationID)12629778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001531086(PQKBWorkID)11532930(PQKB)10751803(MiAaPQ)EBC1993416(EXLCZ)99371000000045685820150813h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOther ways to win creating alternatives for high school graduates /Kenneth C. Gray, Edwin L. Herr ; cover designer, Michael DuboweThird edition.Thousand Oaks, California :Corwin Press,2006.©20061 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4129-1781-6 1-4129-1780-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 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 Riskâ€? 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 Courseâ€?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"" 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. Career educationUnited StatesHigh school studentsVocational guidanceUnited StatesHigh school graduatesEmploymentUnited StatesPostsecondary educationUnited StatesHigh school graduatesUnited StatesSocial conditionsCareer educationHigh school studentsVocational guidanceHigh school graduatesEmploymentPostsecondary educationHigh school graduatesSocial conditions.370.11/3/0973Gray Kenneth C.1498630Herr Edwin L.Dubowe MichaelMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797301903321Other ways to win3724233UNINA