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Redline, Julie E.; Rosenbaum, James E. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background: Labor market entry is difficult for two-year college graduates. Job search literature focuses on personal connections, but disadvantaged students often lack useful contacts. Moreover, employers often don't recognize and value two-year college credentials as much as bachelor's degrees. Teacher contacts could help, but studies find that…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Job Placement, Employment Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Person, Ann E.; Rosenbaum, James E. – Economics of Education Review, 2006
While much research has examined how education influences work outcomes, fewer scholars have questioned whether or how school-labor market relationships might influence educational outcomes. With their rising enrollments and growing occupational programs, 2-year colleges are an increasingly important site of the school-to-work transition. Using…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Labor Market, Job Placement, Education Work Relationship
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Rosenbaum, James E.; Kariya, Takehiko – American Journal of Sociology, 1989
Examines the agreements Japanese high schools have with employers to hire their students, the reasons these ties are made, and the criteria used to select students. Indicates that competition for jobs is shifted from the labor market to schools and among schools. Reports that academic achievement has greater effects on jobs with linked employers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Job Placement
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Rosenbaum, James E.; DeLuca, Stefanie; Roy, Kevin; Miller, Shazia R. – Sociology of Education, 1999
Examines whether youths use different ways to contact employers and whether their methods affect their job earnings. Reveals that most types of contacts have little effect on early earnings, but relatives and school contacts place students in jobs that lead to higher earnings nine years later. (Contains 52 references.) (CMK)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Family Involvement, Higher Education, Job Applicants
Rosenbaum, James E. – 1989
A study examined the way Japanese schools help their students find jobs and considered whether those aspects that seem to account for their success would be desirable and applicable in the United States. Hiring occurs in a three-step process in Japan. First, Japanese employers assign a certain number of jobs to a high school, depending on their…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications
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Rosenbaum, James E. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2007
Two-year colleges used to be a small part of higher education, but they now enroll almost half of all entering college students. This report suggests new data is needed on this evolving sector of academe, including: (1) What are the unseen barriers in two-year-colleges?; (2) What are the unseen college options?; (3) What are the implications of…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, College Attendance, Labor Market