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Author Lafer, Gordon.

Title The job training charade / Gordon Lafer.

Imprint Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.2592 L131j 2002    ---  Available
Description ix, 297 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How many jobs are there? : labor demand and the limits of training policy -- How important is education? : rhetoric and reality in the skills mismatch debate -- Does job training work? : lessons from the Job Training Partnership Act -- Power and "empowerment" : the final frontier of job training -- The politics of job training : the legislative history of JTPA -- Job training after welfare reform : training for discipline -- Conclusion : job training as political diversion.
Subject Occupational training -- Government policy -- Evaluation.
ISBN 0801439647 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801489512 (pbk.)

 
    
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