The Youth Unemployment Crisis: A Reference Handbook
byChristina G. Villegas, PhD, is assistant professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino.
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Surveys the history of youth unemployment and identifies key issues underlying the current crisis.
• Explains the nature, scope, and consequences of the youth unemployment crisis in a way that is accessible for general readers• Includes a perspectives chapter that allows for the voices of many individuals to be heard, including those of policy experts and advocates for disenfranchised youth
• Gives general readers a better of understanding of who is involved in combating the youth unemployment crisis and provides a foundation for further research in profile and references chapters, respectively
• Explores the role that politics played in causing the crisis and how policy could better address it
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Table of Contents
The Youth Unemployment Crisis: A Reference Handbook
Author(s): Villegas, Christina;Contributors: Villegas, Christina;Abstract:Surveys the history of youth unemployment and identifies key issues underlying the current crisis.
• Explains the nature, scope, and consequences of the youth unemployment crisis in a way that is accessible for general readers• Includes a perspectives chapter that allows for the voices of many individuals to be heard, including those of policy experts and advocates for disenfranchised youth
• Gives general readers a better of understanding of who is involved in combating the youth unemployment crisis and provides a foundation for further research in profile and references chapters, respectively
• Explores the role that politics played in causing the crisis and how policy could better address it
SortTitle: youth unemployment crisis: a reference handbookAuthor Info:Christina G. VillegasauthorChristina G. Villegas, PhD, is assistant professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino.
eISBN-13: 9781440859755Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440859755.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440859748Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 320Publication Date: 20181231Series: Contemporary World Issues- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i2
- Title v6
- Copyright vi7
- Contents vii8
- Preface xv16
- 1 Background and History 322
- 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 3756
- Introduction 3756
- Economic Consequences 3857
- Psychological and Physical Consequences 4261
- Social Consequences 4463
- What Should Be Done? 4766
- Expanding Access to and Participation in Higher Education 4867
- Improving Higher Education Outcomes 5372
- Expanding Access to Nontraditional Education and Career Pathways 7089
- Reforming Policies That Discourage Youth from Pursuing Jobs and Employers from Creating Them 81100
- Conclusion 85104
- References 87106
- 3 Perspectives 97116
- Introduction 97116
- My First Step into a Successful Career 98117
- Skipping Grad School to Find My Career: An AmeriCorps Story 101120
- Youth Civic Engagement and Unemployment: What Cause and What Effect? 105124
- The Impact of the ACA on Youth Unemployment 110129
- Addressing the Setbacks Incarcerated Youth Encounter in the Job Hunt 115134
- Arrogance or Ignorance, but Not Confidence 119138
- Institutional Motivation versus Personal Motivation 122141
- Transforming Disconnected Youth through Educational Opportunity 125144
- Just a Little More 133152
- 4 Profiles 139158
- Introduction 139158
- Government-Sponsored Organizations and Programs 140159
- Career Academies 140159
- Federal Work Study 141160
- Job Corps 141160
- National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Corps 142161
- National Service Programs 143162
- Office of Apprenticeship 146165
- Reentry Employment Opportunities Program 147166
- State and Local Youth Apprenticeship Programs 148167
- YouthBuild 150169
- Youth Workforce Investment Activities Program 151170
- Nongovernmental Organizations and Programs 151170
- After School Matters 151170
- American Enterprise Institute 152171
- AT&T Aspire 152171
- Black Male Initiative 153172
- Brookings Institution 153172
- Center for Advancing Opportunity 154173
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation 156175
- Cristo Rey Network 157176
- Economic Policy Institute 158177
- Employment Policies Institute 158177
- Homeboy Industries 158177
- Jim Casey Youth Opportunity Initiative 159178
- Jobs for America’s Graduates 159178
- Jobs for the Future 160179
- Junior Achievement USA 160179
- InsideTrack 161180
- Manhattan Institute 162181
- MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership 163182
- National Academy Foundation 164183
- National Youth Employment Network 165184
- Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship 166185
- 100,000 Opportunities Initiative 167186
- Opportunity America 167186
- Opportunity Nation 168187
- Prison Entrepreneurship Program 168187
- Project CRAFT 171190
- Project Lead the Way 172191
- Project Quest 173192
- This Way Ahead 174193
- Urban Alliance 175194
- Urban Institute 176195
- U.S. First 176195
- William E. Simon Foundation 177196
- Work Colleges 178197
- YearUp 181200
- Young Invincibles 181200
- References 182201
- Websites 185204
- 5 Data and Documents 189208
- Introduction 189208
- Data 189208
- Figure 5.1. Youth Unemployment Rate (2000–2016) 190209
- Figure 5.2. Historical Youth Labor Force Participation Rates (1948–2017) 190209
- Figure 5.3. Demographics of Labor Force Participation Rates (2017) 191210
- Figure 5.4. Where Teens Work (2015) 192211
- Figure 5.5. Level of Education and Earnings/Employment (2015) 193212
- Documents 193212
- Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) 193212
- John F. Kennedy’s Message on the Nation’s Youth (1963) 196215
- Ronald Reagan’s Message on Proposed Employment Legislation (1983) 199218
- Ensuring Economic Opportunities for Young Americans (2009) 204223
- Barack Obama’s Message on a New College Scorecard (2015) 207226
- Student Safety in the Job Corps Program (2017) 210229
- Teen Labor Force Participation and the Great Recession (2017) 213232
- Donald Trump’s Executive Order Expanding Apprenticeships (2017) 225244
- 6 Resources 235254
- 7 Chronology 271290
- Glossary 281300
- Index 289308
- About the Author 301320