Education Roads Less Traveled - Solving America''s Fixation on Four-Year Degrees

Education Roads Less Traveled examines in depth the origins, reach, and effects of America's four-year college bias.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Four-Year College Bias
Chapter 2: Underemployed Paths to Great Jobs
Chapter 3: The Growing Power of Debt
Chapter 4: Potential Economic Detours
Chapter 5: Potential Social Detours
Chapter 6: The Art of Craft
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Index
About the Author

About the author

Mitch Pearlstein is a Senior Fellow with Center of the American Experiment, a think tank he founded in Minnesota in 1990, and for which he served as president for nearly 25 years. His previous books include Riding into the Sunrise: Al Quie and a Life of Faith, Service, and Civility; From Family Collapse to America's Decline: The Educational, Economic, and Social Costs of Family Fragmentation; and Broken Bonds: What Family Fragmentation Means for America's Future.

Summary

Education Roads Less Traveled examines in depth the origins, reach, and effects of America's four-year college bias.

Additional text

Mitch Pearlstein has penned a timely and very useful book about why many now find college to be more obstacle than opportunity. Notably, in an era when many are quick to demonize higher education or rush to its defense, he manages to do neither. Instead, he thoughtfully examines the landscape, suggest practical options, and sketches a promising path forward.

Product details

• Authors: Mitch Pearlstein, Pearlstein Mitch
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781475852998
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5299-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, Organization & management of education, Advice on parenting, Educational administration and organization, Educational strategies & policy, Parenting: advice and issues, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Education: care & counselling of students, Educational strategies and policy, Counselling and care of students, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher