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America's Future Work Force - by Carl W Stenberg (Hardcover)

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  • This expertly prepared policy issues handbook surveys the changing workplace and the failures of America's public health and education systems to prepare the future work force to compete at home and abroad.
  • About the Author: CARL W. STENBERG, III, director of the Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, was formerly the executive director of the Council of State Governments and president of the American Society for Public Administration.
  • 640 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Labor

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This expertly prepared policy issues handbook surveys the changing workplace and the failures of America's public health and education systems to prepare the future work force to compete at home and abroad. Carl Stenberg and William Colman analyze the key issues; review a mass of information, ideas, and insights about policy options that are available; and assess their pros and cons. Students, teachers, administrators, policymakers, and concerned citizens will find a wealth of clearly presented data along with careful analyses of the major proposals for reform. Figures, tables, short summaries, appendices, bibliographical aids, and a full index make this one-volume landmark reference accessible to researchers and readers at different levels and for varied use.



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This expertly prepared policy issues handbook surveys the changing workplace and the failures of America's public health and education systems to prepare the future work force to compete at home and abroad. Carl Stenberg and William Colman analyze the key issues; review a mass of information, ideas, and insights about policy options that are available; and assess their pros and cons. Students, teachers, administrators, policymakers, and concerned citizens will find a wealth of clearly presented data along with careful analyses of the major proposals for reform. Figures, tables, short summaries, appendices, bibliographical aids, and a full index make this one-volume landmark reference accessible to researchers and readers at different levels and for varied use.



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?This comprehensive volume provides readers with important facts on the status of educational and health services for young people in the United States, analysis of reform proposals, and prescriptions to make the work force more competitive. Non-specialists and specialists alike will find this book a handy source of information and analysis.?-National Civic Review

?Upper-division undergraduate through professional.?-Choice

"Upper-division undergraduate through professional."-Choice

"This comprehensive volume provides readers with important facts on the status of educational and health services for young people in the United States, analysis of reform proposals, and prescriptions to make the work force more competitive. Non-specialists and specialists alike will find this book a handy source of information and analysis."-National Civic Review



About the Author



CARL W. STENBERG, III, director of the Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, was formerly the executive director of the Council of State Governments and president of the American Society for Public Administration. He has written at length about intergovernmental management.

WILLIAM G. COLMAN, author of State and Local Government and Public-Private Partnerships: A Policy Issues Handbook (Greenwood Press, 1989), an award-winning academic reference book, has written at length on public policy issues and government management. Formerly, he was executive director of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x 1.38 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.35 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 640
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Labor
Publisher: Greenwood
Format: Hardcover
Author: Carl W Stenberg
Language: English
Street Date: April 30, 1994
TCIN: 1007396885
UPC: 9780313279805
Item Number (DPCI): 247-00-3053
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.38 inches length x 6.14 inches width x 9.21 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 2.35 pounds
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