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Ray, Carol Axtell; Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin – Sociology of Education, 1993
Reviews claims by U.S. business leaders that poor educational performance, discipline, and motivation of non-college-bound students are evidence of defects in the public schools. Argues that structural changes in the U.S. economy have had a negative impact on student motivation and have shaped the current sense of crisis in U.S. education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change