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Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America (Hardcover, New)
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Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America (Hardcover, New)
Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century
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Education, long the key to opportunity in the United States, has
become simply essential to earning a decent living. By 2018, 63
percent of all jobs will require at least some postsecondary
education or training. Teachers and civic leaders stress the value
of study through high school and beyond, but to an alarmingly large
segment of America's population-including a disproportionate number
of ethnic and racial minorities-higher education seems neither
obtainable nor relevant. Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's
Jobs in Metropolitan America, edited by Laura W. Perna, offers
useful insights into how to bridge these gaps and provide urban
workers with the educational qualifications and skills they need
for real-world jobs. Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs
in Metropolitan America probes more deeply than recent reports on
the misalignment between workers' training and employers'
requirements. Written by researchers in education and urban policy,
this volume takes a comprehensive approach. It informs our
understanding of the measurement and definition of the learning
required by employers. It examines the roles that different
educational sectors and providers play in workforce readiness. It
analyzes the institutional practices and public policies that
promote the educational preparation of today's students for
tomorrow's jobs. The volume also sheds light on several recurring
questions, such as what is the "right" amount of education, and
what should be the relative emphasis on "general" versus "specific"
or "occupational" education and training? Ensuring that today's
students have the education and training to meet future career
demands is critical to the economic and social well-being of
individuals, cities, and the nation as a whole. With
recommendations for institutional leaders and public policymakers,
as well as future research, this volume takes important steps
toward realizing this goal.
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