The sociology of education and work - Bills, David B., 1953- (Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004)
Education and work: establishing some terrain -- Schooling and socioeconomic success: establishing their relationship -- Two models of the relationships between education and work -- Is the U.S. a meritocratic or a credentialist society? -- Education and work in the post-industrial society -- Demographic booms and busts, aging, and the new cultural diversity -- The transformation of the high school, the coming of mass higher education, and the youth labor market -- The possibilities of a learning society -- The future of education and work.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-237)and indexes.
Keywords: Education -- Social aspects -- United States; Work -- Social aspects -- United States; Educational sociology -- United States