Barriers That Hinder the Successful Transition of Minority Youth into the Workplace.

Wentling, Rose Mary; Waight, Consuelo Luisa

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ERIC Number: EJ598650

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Barriers That Hinder the Successful Transition of Minority Youth into the Workplace.

Wentling, Rose Mary; Waight, Consuelo Luisa

Journal of Vocational Education Research, v24 n4 p165-83 1999

Interviews with 21 school-to-work partnership directors identified school, workplace, societal, and individual barriers encountered by minority youth. Significant barriers included poverty, school personnel's resistance to change, lack of cultural understanding, lack of integrated and relevant curriculum, and school-business communication. (SK)

Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Practices, Minority Groups, School Business Relationship, Youth

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Language: English

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