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Title: Improving School-to-work Transitions
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1. Neumark, David B.
Improving School-to-work Transitions
New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2007
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Keyword(s): Immigrants; Transition, School to Work; Vocational Education; Vocational Preparation; Vocational Training

David Neumark and Donna Rothstein investigate the impact of school-to-work programs on the "forgotten half," students at the greatest risk of not attending college. Using data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth, they find that participation by these students in programs like job shadowing, mentoring, and summer internships raise employment and college attendance rates among men and earnings among women.

Transitions to work for racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups --Participation in career and technical education and school-to-work in American high schools -- Do school-to-work programs help the "forgotten half"? -- Learning by doing career academies -- The National Academy Foundation's career academies : shaping postsecondary transitions -- Labor-market linkages among two-year college faculty and their impact on student perceptions, effort, and college persistence – Smoothing the transition from school to work : building job skills for a local labor market.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Improving School-to-Work Transitions: Introduction (Neumark)
Chapter 2 Transitions to Work for Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups (Reed, et al.)
Chapter 3 Participation in Career and Technical Education and School-to-Work in American High Schools (Stone and Aliaga)
Chapter 4 Do School-to-Work Programs Help the "Forgotten Half"? (Neumark and Rothstein)
Chapter 5 Learning by Doing Career Academies (Stern, et al.)
Chapter 6 The National Academy Foundation's Career Academies: Shaping Postsecondary Transitions (Orr, et al.)
Chapter 7 Labor-Market Linkages Among Two-Year College Faculty and Their Impact on Student Perceptions, Effort, and College Persistence (Person and Rosenbaum)
Chapter 8 Smoothing the Transition from School to Work: Building Job Skills for a Local Labor Market (Maxwell)

Bibliography Citation
Neumark, David B. Improving School-to-work Transitions. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2007.