Mitch Pearlstein

Education Roads Less Traveled

Solving America's Fixation on Four-Year Degrees

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Produktbeschreibung

Education Roads Less Traveled examines in depth the origins, reach, and effects of America's four-year college bias.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781475852998
• ISBN-10: 1475852991
• Artikelnr.: 56971354

Autorenporträt

Mitch Pearlstein, PhD, is founder emeritus of the Center of the American Experiment, a think tank for which he served as president for nearly twenty-five years. His previous books include From Family Collapse to America's Decline: The Educational, Economic, and Social Costs of Family Fragmentation and Broken Bonds: What Family Fragmentation Means for America's Future. He lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota with his wife, The Rev. Diane Darby McGowan.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Four-Year College Bias
Chapter 2: Underemployed Paths to Great Jobs
Chapter 3: The Growing Power of Debt
Chapter 4: Potential Economic Detours
Chapter 5: Potential Social Detours
Chapter 6: The Art of Craft
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Index
About the Author