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Teaching Students About the World of Work: A Challenge to Postsecondary Educators ed. by Nancy Hoffman and Michael Lawrence Collins (review)

Teaching Students About the World of Work: A Challenge to Postsecondary Educators ed. by Nancy... dean of academic affairs and assessment at the Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Louisville, KY. Nancy Hoffman and Michael Lawrence Collins, eds. Teaching Students About the World of Work: A Challenge to Postsecondary Educators. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. 264 pp. $33.00 paperback. ISBN: 978-1-68253-494-6. r e v i e w e d b y m a r c y l . b r o w n Teaching Students About the World of Work essentially asks college adminis- trators, curriculum designers, and workforce development officers one big picture question: Do institutions of higher education have an obligation to help students understand work and careers? The chapters in this edited volume answer with a resounding “Yes, they do.” The editors—executives with school-to-work policy and practice orga- nizations such as Jobs for the Future and the Pathways to Prosperity Network—set the stage with some important facts about economic oppor- tunity and mobility. And although this volume is not relevant solely to com- munity colleges, almost half of all undergraduate students in the United States attend two-year colleges, so these colleges play an important role in the economic mobility narrative and are an important audience for this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Penn State University Press

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dean of academic affairs and assessment at the Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Louisville, KY. Nancy Hoffman and Michael Lawrence Collins, eds. Teaching Students About the World of Work: A Challenge to Postsecondary Educators. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. 264 pp. $33.00 paperback. ISBN: 978-1-68253-494-6. r e v i e w e d b y m a r c y l . b r o w n Teaching Students About the World of Work essentially asks college adminis- trators, curriculum designers, and workforce development officers one big picture question: Do institutions of higher education have an obligation to help students understand work and careers? The chapters in this edited volume answer with a resounding “Yes, they do.” The editors—executives with school-to-work policy and practice orga- nizations such as Jobs for the Future and the Pathways to Prosperity Network—set the stage with some important facts about economic oppor- tunity and mobility. And although this volume is not relevant solely to com- munity colleges, almost half of all undergraduate students in the United States attend two-year colleges, so these colleges play an important role in the economic mobility narrative and are an important audience for this

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Published: May 24, 2022

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