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Working in the middle : strengthening education and training for the mid-skilled labor force
- Title
- Working in the middle : strengthening education and training for the mid-skilled labor force / W. Norton Grubb.
- Author
- Grubb, W. Norton.
- Publication
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Inc., ©1996.
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Details
- Description
- xxxii, 304 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Sixty percent of America's workers have at least a high school diploma but lack a baccalaureate degree. Working in the Middle is the first book to offer a comprehensive view of the education and training of this growing mid-skilled labor force. Based on both statistical research and interviews with students, educators, and employers, this important resource offers a thorough examination of "workers in the middle," focusing on workers' characteristics, the types of work they perform, how they prepared for and obtained their positions, and what further skills they need to develop.
- W. Norton Grubb stresses the advantages realized by both employers and local educational institutions such as community colleges when they join forces to meet the needs of mid-skilled workers. He examines a variety of methods - including advisory committees, placement offices, placement by occupational instructors, student follow-up and tracking mechanisms, and co-op education - that can bring employers and educators together. Working in the Middle is filled with illustrative case studies that demonstrate the powerful advantages of such exemplary practices as integration of academic and occupational education, remedial education within occupational programs, and co-op programs. Grubb also shows how unproductive short term training programs can be redesigned to lead to effective longer term education, using community colleges as vital links between current training programs and the education system.
- Series Statement
- The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
- Uniform Title
- Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
- Subject
- Vocational education > United States
- Occupational training > United States
- Technical education > United States
- Labor market > United States
- Education > Economic aspects > United States
- Education, Cooperative > United States
- Education, Cooperative
- Education > Economic aspects
- Labor market
- Occupational training
- Technical education
- Vocational education
- Berufsbildung
- Betriebliche Fortbildung
- High school
- Schulabgänger
- Beroepsopleidingen
- Technisch onderwijs
- Arbeidsmarkt
- United States
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index.
- Contents
- Distinctive characteristics of the mid-skilled labor market -- Educational pathways into the mid-skilled labor market -- Economic perspectives on educational preparation -- Creating a unified "system" of workforce preparation -- Integrating occupational, academic, and remedial instruction -- Enhancing connections between educational institutions and employers -- Rethinking public policies toward occupational preparation -- Future trends and needs of workers in the middle.
- ISBN
- 0787902586
- 9780787902582
- LCCN
- 96009944
- OCLC
- ocm34243010
- 34243010
- SCSB-8917659
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library