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Building Skills for Black Workers: Preparing for the Future Labor Market

Contributor(s): Conrad, Cecilia A (Author), Bartik, Timothy J (Contribution by), Hollenbeck, Kevin M (Contribution by), Krueger, Alan B (Contribution by), III, William M Rodgers (Contribution by), Rouse, Cecelia Elena (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9780761827788

Publisher: University Press of America

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Pub Date: April 19, 2004

Dewey: 331

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.56" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 0.95 lbs) 176 pages

BISAC Categories:

Business and Economics | Labor | General

Series: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

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Description: Building Skills for Black Workers assesses the current gap in education and training between African American and white workers, and explores possible remedies. This multi-author volume begins with an examination of the elementary and secondary education system (K-12) and conc...

Review Quotes: "The essays are accessible and provide a fine start for those who want to know or research why black workers have not done as well as whites and what might be done to bring them closer to parity. Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. General readers; lower-division undergraduate through professional audiences." --H. Kasper, Oberlin College, Choice Reviews

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