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Pearlstein, Mitchell B., 1948- author.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Educational change -- United States.
Nontraditional college students.
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Education roads less...
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Education roads less traveled : solving America's fixation on four-year degrees / Mitch Pearlstein.
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Pearlstein, Mitchell B., 1948- author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Subjects
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Educational change -- United States.
Nontraditional college students.
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9781475847536 hardcover ; alkaline paper
147584753X hardcover ; alkaline paper
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xv, 127 pages ; 24 cm
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An increasingly recognized problem -- The four-year college bias -- Underemployed paths to great jobs -- The growing power of debt -- Potential economic detours -- Potential social detours -- The art of craft.
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Every year, large numbers of American young people who are not terribly interested in attending a four-year college reluctantly enroll anyway, effectively pressured by combinations of parents, peers, teachers, guidance counselors, and the normative air they breathe. More than occasionally, they wind up confirming that collegiate life is not for them and, sooner or later, drop out. From there, again more than occasionally, they find themselves unemployed or underemployed, in big-time student debt, and quite possibly feeling like a failure. Digging deeply into issues like these is this book's main aim. Helping teenagers think through what they want to do with their lives is its main educational mission. Recognizing the economic and other dangers posed by severe skill gaps, made worse by the retirement of skilled baby boomers, adds urgency to the mix.--COVER.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
378.73 Pe
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Kihei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
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