W Norton Grubb
Biographic Data
| ID | 95435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Norton Grubb |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Norton |
| FAMILY NAME | Grubb |
| SIGNATURE | GRUBB W N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Education and Racism
Education and Racism is a concise and easily accessible primer for introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the field of race and education. Designed for introductory courses, each chapter provides an overview of a main issue or dilemma in the research on racial inequality and education and the particular approaches that have been offered to explain or address them. Theme-oriented chapters include curriculum, school (re)segregation, and…
Rethinking Remedial Education and the Academic–Vocational Divide: Complementary Perspectives
This is indeed, as Mike Rose points out, a crucial moment in the history of education in the United States. On one hand, we see a rhetoric of College for All, and pressure to get more racial minori
Multiple Resources, Multiple Outcomes: Testing the “Improved”School Finance With Nels88
This article first presents the conceptual framework of the “improved” school finance. This approach clarifies that effective school resources include compound resources, complex resources, and abstract resources in addition to the simple resources usually included in production functions. The implications of this approach are then explored with the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of the Class of 1988 (NELS88), data rich enough to measur…
The Education Gospel and the Role of Vocationalism in American Education
The Education Gospel—the idea that formal schooling preparing individuals for employment can resolve all public and private dilemmas—has become dominant in the United States and many other countries. Over the twentieth century, it has led to high schools, community colleges, and universities becoming focused on occupational preparation and also to many other changes in the size and funding of education, the connections between schooling and emplo…
Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Education Gospel
Additional informationNotes on contributorsW. Norton GrubbW. Norton Grubb holds the David Gardner Chair in Higher Education, Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Marvin Lazerson is Howard P. and Judith R. Berkowitz Professor, Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.Marvin LazersonW. Norton Grubb holds the David Gardner Chair in Higher Education, Graduate School of Education at the Universi…
Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education
While community colleges pride themselves on their inclusiveness, they tend not to enroll many of the lowest performing students leaving high schools, most of the disconnected youth who have dropped out of high school, and many low-income adults. This article explores the possibility of using noncredit education as a bridging mechanism to allow such students to enter the community college. Noncredit programs have many advantages including lower c…
Making Sense of Education and Training Markets: Lessons From England
Policy discussions in the United States around markets in education frequently lack an empirical base. However, for nearly twenty years reforms in England have emphasized market-like mechanisms to spur competition among providers and choices among consumers. We examine the research findings about English reforms in six areas. Supply-side reforms include efforts to enhance competition among institutions, to promote efficiency through subcontractin…
Learning to Work: The Case for Reintegrating Job Training and Education
Job training programs have grown considerably in number in the United States of America (USA) in response to increasing problems of unemployment and poverty. These programs and the institutions that administer them have become increasingly numerous and complex so that accurate evaluation of their effectiveness is difficult. This publication provides a comprehensive assessment of efforts to move individuals into the workforce, and explains why the…
Combatting program fragmentation: Local systems of vocational education and job training
As the number of local institutions that train individuals for employment has grown, policymakers have become concerned about possible duplication and wasteful competition. Potential solutions to this perceived problem typically revolve around strategies for encouraging greater coordination among local education and training agencies. Yet little is known about either the extent of duplication in local communities or about interactions among insti…
The ‘new vocationalism’ in the United States: Returning to John Dewey
(1996). The ‘new vocationalism’ in the United States: Returning to John Dewey. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-23
Reconstructing Urban Schools with Work-Centered Education
Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training
The use of remediation as a prerequisite for vocational education and job training has grown substantially--principally in community colleges, technical institutes, adult schools, and various job training programs. Furthermore, a rough "system" of remedial programs exists in most communities, with several levels of difficulty that lead to a General Education Diploma (GED) or college-level preparedness and with extensive referrals among programs. …
The Decline of Community College Transfer Rates: Evidence from National Longitudinal Surveys
For at least a decade, concern has mounted about the transfer function of community colleges [19, 18, 24]. Scattered evidence from different states suggests that the absolute numbers of transfer students have declined and that the proportion of community college students successfully transferring to four-year colleges has decreased. In response, many programs to improve the articulation between twoand four-year colleges have developed, and streng…
Young Children Face the State: Issues and Options for Early Childhood Programs
The growing demand for compensatory education and for child care has generated a rash of federal legislation; many states have enacted new early childhood programs, most of them located within schooling systems, and many others are considering their options. This article examines the basic policy issues governments confront in early childhood education, including the content of programs, their financing, and the inevitable trade-off between cost …
Parens Patriae: The Private Roots of Public Policy toward Children
Broken Promises: How Americans Fail Their Children
Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the Family
The price of local discretion: Inequalities in welfare spending within texas
Discretion at the local level in the administration of state or federal programs may generate inequalities in spending among the different localities within a state. Among the counties of Texas, inequalities in welfare programs—Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps—prove substantial, mainly because of variations in rates of participation among the counties. While variables that reflect differences in the conditions for eligibili…
The Price of Local Discretion: Inequalities in Welfare Spending within Texas
Broken Promises: How Americans Fail Their Children
Economic Analysis in Regulatory Decisions: The Implications of Executive Order 12291
In the regulatory process, economic analysis closely resembles scientific analysis in a number of ways. Not only has its general use by the federal government increased, but interest groups are using it extensively to gain legitimacy and political support. Both types of analysis can be manipulated, in obvious as well as subtle ways, to support a particular position, although both are also subject to professional norms and procedures that can help…
Making Policies for Children: A Study of the Federal Process . Cheryl D. Hayes
Broken Promises
Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market
The flight to the suburbs of population and employment, 1960–1970
The flight to the suburbs of population and employment, 1960–1970
The Decline of Community College Transfer Rates: Evidence from National Longitudinal Surveys
For at least a decade, concern has mounted about the transfer function of community colleges [19, 18, 24]. Scattered evidence from different states suggests that the absolute numbers of transfer students have declined and that the proportion of community college students successfully transferring to four-year colleges has decreased. In response, many programs to improve the articulation between twoand four-year colleges have developed, and streng…
Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Education Gospel
Additional informationNotes on contributorsW. Norton GrubbW. Norton Grubb holds the David Gardner Chair in Higher Education, Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Marvin Lazerson is Howard P. and Judith R. Berkowitz Professor, Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.Marvin LazersonW. Norton Grubb holds the David Gardner Chair in Higher Education, Graduate School of Education at the Universi…
Multiple Resources, Multiple Outcomes: Testing the “Improved”School Finance With Nels88
This article first presents the conceptual framework of the “improved” school finance. This approach clarifies that effective school resources include compound resources, complex resources, and abstract resources in addition to the simple resources usually included in production functions. The implications of this approach are then explored with the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of the Class of 1988 (NELS88), data rich enough to measur…
The price of local discretion: Inequalities in welfare spending within texas
Discretion at the local level in the administration of state or federal programs may generate inequalities in spending among the different localities within a state. Among the counties of Texas, inequalities in welfare programs—Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps—prove substantial, mainly because of variations in rates of participation among the counties. While variables that reflect differences in the conditions for eligibili…
The Price of Local Discretion: Inequalities in Welfare Spending within Texas
Making Sense of Education and Training Markets: Lessons From England
Policy discussions in the United States around markets in education frequently lack an empirical base. However, for nearly twenty years reforms in England have emphasized market-like mechanisms to spur competition among providers and choices among consumers. We examine the research findings about English reforms in six areas. Supply-side reforms include efforts to enhance competition among institutions, to promote efficiency through subcontractin…
Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training
The use of remediation as a prerequisite for vocational education and job training has grown substantially--principally in community colleges, technical institutes, adult schools, and various job training programs. Furthermore, a rough "system" of remedial programs exists in most communities, with several levels of difficulty that lead to a General Education Diploma (GED) or college-level preparedness and with extensive referrals among programs. …
Broken Promises: How Americans Fail Their Children
Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education
While community colleges pride themselves on their inclusiveness, they tend not to enroll many of the lowest performing students leaving high schools, most of the disconnected youth who have dropped out of high school, and many low-income adults. This article explores the possibility of using noncredit education as a bridging mechanism to allow such students to enter the community college. Noncredit programs have many advantages including lower c…
Reconstructing Urban Schools with Work-Centered Education
Economic Analysis in Regulatory Decisions: The Implications of Executive Order 12291
In the regulatory process, economic analysis closely resembles scientific analysis in a number of ways. Not only has its general use by the federal government increased, but interest groups are using it extensively to gain legitimacy and political support. Both types of analysis can be manipulated, in obvious as well as subtle ways, to support a particular position, although both are also subject to professional norms and procedures that can help…
The Education Gospel and the Role of Vocationalism in American Education
The Education Gospel—the idea that formal schooling preparing individuals for employment can resolve all public and private dilemmas—has become dominant in the United States and many other countries. Over the twentieth century, it has led to high schools, community colleges, and universities becoming focused on occupational preparation and also to many other changes in the size and funding of education, the connections between schooling and emplo…
The ‘new vocationalism’ in the United States: Returning to John Dewey
(1996). The ‘new vocationalism’ in the United States: Returning to John Dewey. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-23
Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the Family
Spending Inequalities for Children's Programs in Texas
Although researchers and reformers have attacked inequalities in school expenditures throughout this century, funding patterns in noneducational programs for children and youth have been generally ignored. This article presents measures of expenditure inequalities among the 254 counties in Texas for a variety of income support, nutrition, child care, and juvenile justice programs and for several social and psychological services. In every case no…
American Education and Vocationalism: A Documentary History, 1870-1970
Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market
The flight to the suburbs of population and employment, 1960–1970
Spending Inequalities for Children's Programs in Texas
Although researchers and reformers have attacked inequalities in school expenditures throughout this century, funding patterns in noneducational programs for children and youth have been generally ignored. This article presents measures of expenditure inequalities among the 254 counties in Texas for a variety of income support, nutrition, child care, and juvenile justice programs and for several social and psychological services. In every case no…
Making Policies for Children: A Study of the Federal Process . Cheryl D. Hayes
Broken Promises
The price of local discretion: Inequalities in welfare spending within texas
Discretion at the local level in the administration of state or federal programs may generate inequalities in spending among the different localities within a state. Among the counties of Texas, inequalities in welfare programs—Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps—prove substantial, mainly because of variations in rates of participation among the counties. While variables that reflect differences in the conditions for eligibili…
The Price of Local Discretion: Inequalities in Welfare Spending within Texas
Broken Promises: How Americans Fail Their Children
Economic Analysis in Regulatory Decisions: The Implications of Executive Order 12291
In the regulatory process, economic analysis closely resembles scientific analysis in a number of ways. Not only has its general use by the federal government increased, but interest groups are using it extensively to gain legitimacy and political support. Both types of analysis can be manipulated, in obvious as well as subtle ways, to support a particular position, although both are also subject to professional norms and procedures that can help…
Broken Promises: How Americans Fail Their Children
Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the Family
Parens Patriae: The Private Roots of Public Policy toward Children
Young Children Face the State: Issues and Options for Early Childhood Programs
The growing demand for compensatory education and for child care has generated a rash of federal legislation; many states have enacted new early childhood programs, most of them located within schooling systems, and many others are considering their options. This article examines the basic policy issues governments confront in early childhood education, including the content of programs, their financing, and the inevitable trade-off between cost …
The Decline of Community College Transfer Rates: Evidence from National Longitudinal Surveys
For at least a decade, concern has mounted about the transfer function of community colleges [19, 18, 24]. Scattered evidence from different states suggests that the absolute numbers of transfer students have declined and that the proportion of community college students successfully transferring to four-year colleges has decreased. In response, many programs to improve the articulation between twoand four-year colleges have developed, and streng…
Relearning to Earn: The Role of Remediation in Vocational Education and Job Training
The use of remediation as a prerequisite for vocational education and job training has grown substantially--principally in community colleges, technical institutes, adult schools, and various job training programs. Furthermore, a rough "system" of remedial programs exists in most communities, with several levels of difficulty that lead to a General Education Diploma (GED) or college-level preparedness and with extensive referrals among programs. …
Reconstructing Urban Schools with Work-Centered Education
Combatting program fragmentation: Local systems of vocational education and job training
As the number of local institutions that train individuals for employment has grown, policymakers have become concerned about possible duplication and wasteful competition. Potential solutions to this perceived problem typically revolve around strategies for encouraging greater coordination among local education and training agencies. Yet little is known about either the extent of duplication in local communities or about interactions among insti…
The ‘new vocationalism’ in the United States: Returning to John Dewey
(1996). The ‘new vocationalism’ in the United States: Returning to John Dewey. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-23
Learning to Work: The Case for Reintegrating Job Training and Education
Job training programs have grown considerably in number in the United States of America (USA) in response to increasing problems of unemployment and poverty. These programs and the institutions that administer them have become increasingly numerous and complex so that accurate evaluation of their effectiveness is difficult. This publication provides a comprehensive assessment of efforts to move individuals into the workforce, and explains why the…
Making Sense of Education and Training Markets: Lessons From England
Policy discussions in the United States around markets in education frequently lack an empirical base. However, for nearly twenty years reforms in England have emphasized market-like mechanisms to spur competition among providers and choices among consumers. We examine the research findings about English reforms in six areas. Supply-side reforms include efforts to enhance competition among institutions, to promote efficiency through subcontractin…
Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education
While community colleges pride themselves on their inclusiveness, they tend not to enroll many of the lowest performing students leaving high schools, most of the disconnected youth who have dropped out of high school, and many low-income adults. This article explores the possibility of using noncredit education as a bridging mechanism to allow such students to enter the community college. Noncredit programs have many advantages including lower c…
The Education Gospel and the Role of Vocationalism in American Education
The Education Gospel—the idea that formal schooling preparing individuals for employment can resolve all public and private dilemmas—has become dominant in the United States and many other countries. Over the twentieth century, it has led to high schools, community colleges, and universities becoming focused on occupational preparation and also to many other changes in the size and funding of education, the connections between schooling and emplo…
Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Education Gospel
Additional informationNotes on contributorsW. Norton GrubbW. Norton Grubb holds the David Gardner Chair in Higher Education, Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Marvin Lazerson is Howard P. and Judith R. Berkowitz Professor, Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.Marvin LazersonW. Norton Grubb holds the David Gardner Chair in Higher Education, Graduate School of Education at the Universi…
Multiple Resources, Multiple Outcomes: Testing the “Improved”School Finance With Nels88
This article first presents the conceptual framework of the “improved” school finance. This approach clarifies that effective school resources include compound resources, complex resources, and abstract resources in addition to the simple resources usually included in production functions. The implications of this approach are then explored with the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of the Class of 1988 (NELS88), data rich enough to measur…
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