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Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – Education and Urban Society, 1995
Discusses the labor market consequences as well as the differential literacy skills achieved by urban and minority-population recipients of alternative types of high school certification: traditional high school diplomas versus General Equivalency Diplomas (GEDs). The author concludes that, although certain vocational programs foster high school…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Literacy, Minority Groups, Nontraditional Education