Grubb, W. Norton.

The education gospel : the economic power of schooling / W. Norton Grubb, Marvin Lazerson. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004. - x, 322 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-308) and index.

Transforming the high school -- Professionalism in higher education -- Dilemmas of thee community college -- Second chances in job training and adult education -- The American approach to vocationalism -- The public and private benefits of schooling -- The ambiguities of separating schooling and work -- The evolution of inequality -- Vocationalism and the education gospel in the twenty-first century.

0674015371 (alk. paper)

2004052298

GBA458224 bnb

012968014 Uk


Education--Economic aspects--United States.
Vocational education--United States.
Education--Effect of technological innovations on.

LC 66 / .G78 2004