Beyond College For All: Career Paths for the Forgotten Half

Contents

Contents About the Author ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Pathways to Adulthood: Reversing the Downward Spiral of the Youth Labor Market 1 Chapter 2 Market and Network Theories of the High School–to–Work Transition 24 Chapter 3 College for All: Do Students Understand What College Demands? 55 Chapter 4 Gatekeeping in an Era of More Open Gates: High School Counselors’ Views of Their Influence on Students’ College Plans 88 Chapter 5 Do Employers Need More Educated Youth? 108 Chapter 6 Hiring in a Hobbesian World: Social Infrastructure and Employers’ Use of Information 132 Chapter 7 Ships Passing in the Night: The Sociological Foundations of Economic Transactions 153 Chapter 8 Are Noncognitive Behaviors in School Related to Later Life Outcomes? 170 Chapter 9 Pathways into Work: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Personal and Institutional Ties 193 Chapter 10 Hidden Links: Teachers’ Social Construction of Employer Linkages 217 viii Contents Chapter 11 Theoretical Implications: Using Institutional Linkages to Signal and Enhance Youths’ Capabilities 241 Chapter 12 Policy Implications: Career Paths for the Forgotten Half 265 Notes 283 References 291 Index 315 ...