After High School, Then What? A Look at the Postsecondary Sorting-Out Process for American Youth. [Report No.: Rand-4008-FMP

Autor/inn/en	Haggstrom, Gus W.; und weitere
Institution	Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA.
Titel	After High School, Then What? A Look at the Postsecondary Sorting-Out Process for American Youth. [Report No.: Rand-4008-FMP
Quelle	(1991), (185 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-8330-1161-8
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Armed Forces; College Attendance; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Education Work Relationship; Educational Research; Employment Patterns; Enrollment Rate; Enrollment Trends; Graduate Surveys; High School Graduates; High Schools; Higher Education; Labor Supply; Military Service; Postsecondary Education; Student Educational Objectives; Vocational Education; Vocational Followup + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Military; Militär; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Beschäftigungsstruktur; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Militärdienst; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	Patterns of military service, college enrollment, and civilian labor force participation among recent high school graduates and dropouts were examined. The activities that young people pursued after high school were disparate and dependent upon a multitude of factors. The supply of entry-level workers did not keep pace with the demand for technicians, skilled craftsmen, and college-trained workers. Although the flow of high school graduates and dropouts into education and the labor force were matters of national concern, the educational and vocational activities that young people pursued were poorly tracked. According to estimates for 1986, the high school graduation rate was almost exactly the same as it was in 1976 and 1965. The composition of the high school graduating classes changed to reflect greater minority representation. Activity patterns during the first year after leaving school remained remarkably stable since the early 1970s, with some increases in both college enrollment and military enlistment rates in the early 1980s. Analyses of postsecondary activities during the rest of the 5-year period following high school revealed considerable turbulence in activity patterns, much of it into and out of short-term civilian jobs. For college entrants, progress toward degree completion was notably sporadic and drawn out. (Appendixes include 55 references and information on estimating numbers of high school graduates and on the database.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01