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Opportunity And Access: High School Coursework And Its Impact On Student Self-Perceptions, Cassie K. Ferguson
Opportunity And Access: High School Coursework And Its Impact On Student Self-Perceptions, Cassie K. Ferguson
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The skills taught and the courses offered to the United States’ public high school students have changed drastically over the past 20 years. Career-based electives have given way to college preparatory classes. Gone are the auto shops, construction and home economics classes—courses that many view as outdated, dangerous or unnecessary at the high school level. Arts and humanities-based courses have also disappeared; even courses that can train students to enter the robust fields of healthcare or technology are diminishing (Dare, 2006).
The communities in which many of these courses are disappearing are often diverse and economically disadvantaged. This “second-generation segregation” …