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