TY - JOUR
T1 - Colleges, Careers, and the Institutional Structuring of the Transition to Adulthood
AU - Person, Ann E.
AU - Rosenbaum, James E.
AU - Deil-Amen, Regina
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Spencer Foundation for their generous support of this research. Opinions expressed are solely those of the authors.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Life course theorists have variously focused on the role of culture, history, and social structures in shaping the life course, but rarely have they examined concrete social organizations. This chapter looks at how an important group of institutions - 2-year colleges - structures the transition to adulthood in the U.S. Using data from different types of 2-year colleges, we analyze their assumptions about and their impact upon the transition from school to work. With increasing numbers of young adults seeking workforce preparation from 2-year colleges, consideration of these institutions can offer valuable insights into the structuring of the transition from school to work specifically, and the transition to adulthood more generally.
AB - Life course theorists have variously focused on the role of culture, history, and social structures in shaping the life course, but rarely have they examined concrete social organizations. This chapter looks at how an important group of institutions - 2-year colleges - structures the transition to adulthood in the U.S. Using data from different types of 2-year colleges, we analyze their assumptions about and their impact upon the transition from school to work. With increasing numbers of young adults seeking workforce preparation from 2-year colleges, consideration of these institutions can offer valuable insights into the structuring of the transition from school to work specifically, and the transition to adulthood more generally.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1040-2608(04)09005-7
DO - 10.1016/S1040-2608(04)09005-7
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:34247674626
SN - 1040-2608
VL - 9
SP - 125
EP - 149
JO - Advances in Life Course Research
JF - Advances in Life Course Research
ER -