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For more detailed discussion of this issue, see R. Kuttner, “The Declining Middle,”Atlantic Monthly, July 1983; R. McGahey, “High Tech, Low Hopes,” op-ed section.New York Times, May 15, 1983; and R. Rumberger, “The Changing Skill Requirements of Jobs in the U.S. Economy,”Industrial and Labor Relations Review 34, July 1981. For an expanded discussion of the “new jobs” and their implications for employment and training policy see R. McGahey and J. Jeffries,Minorities and the Labor Market: Twenty Years of Misguided Policy (Washington, D.C.: Joint Center for Political Studies, 1985), especially chap. 5.
See E. Yaffe, “More Sacred Than Motherhood,”Phi Delia Kappa, v. 63, March 1982.
For two interesting and comprehensive reviews of this literature see F. Pincus, “The False Promises of Community Colleges: Class Conflict and Vocational Education,”Harvard Educational Review, vol. 50, August 1980, and G. Vaughan (ed.),New Directions for Community Colleges: Questioning the Community College Role (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass), vol. 3, 1980.
Federal Trade Commission, “Proprietary Vocational and Home Study Schools,”Federal Register, part VII, December 28, 1978; and Transcripts from “60 Minutes,” broadcast by the CBS Television Network, vol. XVII, no. 36, Sunday, May 19, 1985.
See Julianne Malveaux, “The Economic Interests of Black and White Women: Are they Similar?”The Review of Black Political Economy, vol. 14, no. 1, Summer 1985.
For a more detailed discussion of the components, see R. Taggart,A Fisherman’s Guide: An Assessment of Training and Remediation Strategies. (Kalamazoo: WE. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 1981), pp. 18–19.
Taggart, p. 33.
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Taggart, p. 35.
For an extended discussion of my views on the efficacy of human capital-oriented employment and training programs, see J. Jeffries and H. Stanback, “The Employment and Training Policy for Black America: Beyond Placebo to Progressive Public Policy,”The Review of Black Political Economy, vol. 13, Summer–Fall 1984; J. Jeffries and R. McGahey, “Equity, Growth and Socioeconomic Change: Anti-Discrimination Policy in an Era of Economic Transformation,”Review of Law and Social Change, vol. XIII, 1984-85; and R. McGahey and J. Jeffries,Minorities in the Labor Market.
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Jeffries, J.M. Discussion. The Review of Black Political Economy 14, 131–137 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02689880
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