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Teaching Students About the World of Work argues that educational
institutions - especially two-year and four-year public
institutions serving low-income students - need to make the topic
of employment a central element in their educational offerings.
Indeed, the book demonstrates that a far greater emphasis on
teaching students about the work world will be necessary if
colleges are to give disadvantaged students a realistic chance for
professional and economic success. The recommendation is a
reconfiguration of postsecondary education that represents a
paradigm shift in career preparation and learning. Editors Nancy
Hoffman and Michael Lawrence Collins and their authors provide a
rich and comprehensive view of both today's work world and the
challenges facing many young people who are determined to find a
place within it. The book offers detailed accounts of how several
community colleges have put employment at the center of the
curriculum; provides practical insights into the twenty-first
century labor market and ways to improve the choices and outcomes
for low-income job seekers; and explores the daunting structural
barriers to securing successful and satisfying employment.
Throughout all its chapters, the book highlights increasing
inequalities - in both opportunities and outcomes - within our
society. In order to redress those disparities, it argues,
postsecondary educators will need to offer enhanced insights and
sophistication to disadvantaged young people preparing to enter and
navigate the work world. An urgent but unfailingly reasonable book
for our times, Teaching Students About the World of Work will be
required reading for educators determined to create practical
opportunities for young people in search of good employment and
better lives.
Teaching Students About the World of Work argues that educational
institutions - especially two-year and four-year public
institutions serving low-income students - need to make the topic
of employment a central element in their educational offerings.
Indeed, the book demonstrates that a far greater emphasis on
teaching students about the work world will be necessary if
colleges are to give disadvantaged students a realistic chance for
professional and economic success. The recommendation is a
reconfiguration of postsecondary education that represents a
paradigm shift in career preparation and learning. Editors Nancy
Hoffman and Michael Lawrence Collins and their authors provide a
rich and comprehensive view of both today's work world and the
challenges facing many young people who are determined to find a
place within it. The book offers detailed accounts of how several
community colleges have put employment at the center of the
curriculum; provides practical insights into the twenty-first
century labor market and ways to improve the choices and outcomes
for low-income job seekers; and explores the daunting structural
barriers to securing successful and satisfying employment.
Throughout all its chapters, the book highlights increasing
inequalities - in both opportunities and outcomes - within our
society. In order to redress those disparities, it argues,
postsecondary educators will need to offer enhanced insights and
sophistication to disadvantaged young people preparing to enter and
navigate the work world. An urgent but unfailingly reasonable book
for our times, Teaching Students About the World of Work will be
required reading for educators determined to create practical
opportunities for young people in search of good employment and
better lives.
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