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- catalog abstract "In Lessons of a Generation, Clifford Adelman offers a fascinating look at the career and educational choices of the high school class of 1972, with special emphasis on how postsecondary education has made a difference in their lives. Drawing on the largest and richest data archive ever assembled on a generation of Americans, Adelman follows 22,000 members of the senior class of '72 over a fifteen-year period, in and out of school, college, work, family, and community life, and shows how their choices - what courses to take in high school, whether to attend college, and what to study once they are there - have affected who they are and what they do. Adelman explores the career histories of women and demonstrates that the workplace does not always reward educational achievement. He takes a critical look at the preferential treatment offered to special populations by tracking college athletes from adolescence to adulthood. He examines the role that community colleges play as an educational resource for men and women in various life phases. And he reveals much about the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments in today's curricular culture wars.".
- catalog contributor b7204492.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Accounts and stories: tracking a generation -- Women at thirtysomething: paradoxes of attainment -- Light and shadows on college athletes -- The way we are: the Community College in our lives -- Tourists in our own land: cultural literacies and the college curriculum -- Beyond the paper trail: becoming an adult in the 1970s -- Resource A: Definitions used in tables -- Resource B: Institutional selectivity and course-taking patterns -- Resource C: Selected data on educational pathways, socioeconomic status, and major field distributions -- Resource D: Other longitudinal studies that included educational data.".
- catalog description "In Lessons of a Generation, Clifford Adelman offers a fascinating look at the career and educational choices of the high school class of 1972, with special emphasis on how postsecondary education has made a difference in their lives. Drawing on the largest and richest data archive ever assembled on a generation of Americans, Adelman follows 22,000 members of the senior class of '72 over a fifteen-year period, in and out of school, college, work, family, and community life, and shows how their choices - what courses to take in high school, whether to attend college, and what to study once they are there - have affected who they are and what they do. Adelman explores the career histories of women and demonstrates that the workplace does not always reward educational achievement. He takes a critical look at the preferential treatment offered to special populations by tracking college athletes from adolescence to adulthood. He examines the role that community colleges play as an educational resource for men and women in various life phases. And he reveals much about the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments in today's curricular culture wars.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-297) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 309 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Lessons of a generation.".
- catalog identifier "1555426360".
- catalog isFormatOf "Lessons of a generation.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass,".
- catalog relation "Lessons of a generation.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "373.12/912/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Educational surveys United States.".
- catalog subject "High school graduates Employment United States Longitudinal studies.".
- catalog subject "High school graduates United States Longitudinal studies.".
- catalog subject "LB1695.6 .A34 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "Accounts and stories: tracking a generation -- Women at thirtysomething: paradoxes of attainment -- Light and shadows on college athletes -- The way we are: the Community College in our lives -- Tourists in our own land: cultural literacies and the college curriculum -- Beyond the paper trail: becoming an adult in the 1970s -- Resource A: Definitions used in tables -- Resource B: Institutional selectivity and course-taking patterns -- Resource C: Selected data on educational pathways, socioeconomic status, and major field distributions -- Resource D: Other longitudinal studies that included educational data.".
- catalog title "Lessons of a generation : education and work in the lives of the high school class of 1972 / Clifford Adelman.".
- catalog type "Longitudinal studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".