"Minority youth unemployment is an enduring economic and social concern. This book evaluates two new initiatives for minority high school students that seek to cultivate marketable job skills. The first is an after-school program that provides experiences similar to apprenticeships, and the...

Prologue -- Part I. America's Talent Challenge. Ch 1: The American Century ; Ch 2: A Nation at Risk ; Ch 3: Winning the Future ; Ch 4: Talent, You Say? -- Part II. Five Ways to Attract, Educate, and Deploy Talent. Ch 5: It's the Learning, Stupid ; Ch 6: Unleashing Private Sector Innovation ; Ch...