Other ways to win : creating alternatives for high school graduates /: creating alternatives for high school graduates. ([2006])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth C. Gray, Edwin L. Herr.
• Authors: Gray, Kenneth C; Herr, Edwin L
• Contents: ""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 aȶat Riska? 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 Coursea?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""
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 370.1130973; 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; EDUCATION / Essays; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION / Reference; Career education; High school graduates -- Employment; High school graduates -- Social conditions; High school students -- Vocational guidance; Postsecondary education; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452209760; 1452209766; 9781483351841
• Related ISBNs: 148335184X; 97814129178039781412917810
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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