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Building skills for Black workers : preparing for the future labor market / edited by Cecilia A. Conrad.

Series: Black worker in the 21st century ; v. 2.Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies ; Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2004.Description: x, 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0761827781
  • 076182779X (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC2781 .B53 2004
Contents:
Foreword / Eddie N. Williams -- Ch. 1. Introduction and overview / Cecilia A. Conrad -- Ch. 2. The effect of class size and school vouchers on minority achievement / Cecilia Elena Rouse -- Ch. 3. The digital divide in educating black students and workers / Alan B. Krueger -- Ch. 4. Racial and ethnic differences in the impact of job training on wages / William M. Rodgers III -- Ch. 5. Do black workers lack soft skills? / Cecilia A. Conrad -- Ch. 6. The role of public policy in the skills development of black workers in the 21st century / Timothy Bartik, Kevin Hollenbeck.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-161)

Foreword / Eddie N. Williams -- Ch. 1. Introduction and overview / Cecilia A. Conrad -- Ch. 2. The effect of class size and school vouchers on minority achievement / Cecilia Elena Rouse -- Ch. 3. The digital divide in educating black students and workers / Alan B. Krueger -- Ch. 4. Racial and ethnic differences in the impact of job training on wages / William M. Rodgers III -- Ch. 5. Do black workers lack soft skills? / Cecilia A. Conrad -- Ch. 6. The role of public policy in the skills development of black workers in the 21st century / Timothy Bartik, Kevin Hollenbeck.

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