NORC--Making the Transition: Work Experiences After High School

Making the Transition: Work Experiences After High School
A research project at the University of Chicago

This study is designed to examine the employment and schooling experiences young adults have after completing high school by comparing young adults in three different circumstances:

Working while in four-year colleges.

Working while in community college.

Working full-time.

The focus is on the type of work young people are engaged in, taking into account whether they are in or out of school, and what impact these work experiences are having on their future expectations, as well as their knowledge and skills.
The Principal Investigator is Barbara Schneider, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Senior Social Scientist at the NORC.

She has published numerous articles, chapters, monographs, and three books on educational policy, parental involvement, and school choice.
      Parents, Their Children, and Schools, co-edited with James S. Coleman, mines the resources available to parents and the actions parents can take to further their children's education.
      Transforming Schools is a collection of essays that examine some of the problems in American education today and reviews several different solutions.
      Redesigning American Education, co-authored with James S. Coleman, constructs a new design for American schooling.
      Schneider's current research is examining how adolescents formulate ideas about work and post secondary education. Her most recent book, Finding Their Way: The Rising Ambitions of American Adolescents, co-authored with David Stevenson, is based on a five-year longitudinal study of junior high and high school students, also funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This book also explores how adolescents form their ambitions and plan for their adult lives.

      See also the U.S. Department of Education: Office of Educational Research and Improvement

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