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Acknowledgments | |
List of Figures and Tables | |
Executive Summary | p. 1 |
The Transition Problem, and Proposed Solutions | p. 5 |
Floundering Youth in the US Labor Market | p. 5 |
Elements of School-to-Work Programs | p. 9 |
School-and-Work Programs in Secondary Schools | p. 17 |
cooperative Education | p. 17 |
Youth Apprenticeship | p. 25 |
School-Based Enterprise | p. 36 |
Non-School-Supervised Work Experience | p. 39 |
New Findings from the NCRVE Longitudinal Study | p. 45 |
Career Counseling and Job Placement | p. 52 |
Mentoring Programs | p. 55 |
School-and-Work Programs in Two-Year Colleges | p. 61 |
Cooperative Education | p. 61 |
Apprenticeship | p. 64 |
Career Counseling and Job Placement | p. 70 |
Relevance of Vocational Education to Subsequent Employment | p. 73 |
High Schools and Secondary Vocational Centers | p. 73 |
Two-Year Colleges and Proprietary Schools | p. 89 |
Tech-prep: Bridging Secondary and Post-secondary | p. 107 |
Programs for Out-of-School Youth | p. 120 |
Strategic Choices | p. 124 |
Appendix A: Examples of School-To-Work Programs, and Program Elements | p. 131 |
Appendix B: Names and Locations of School-To-Work Programs | p. 137 |
References | p. 141 |
Index | p. 165 |
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