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Dr. Kevin Hollenbeck
Ph.D, University of Wisconsin, 1976
Associate Professor
5408, Friedman Hall
Phone: 269-387-5548
Email: Hollenbeck@upjohninstitute.org
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Areas of Interest:
Microeconomics and Economics of Education
Current Research: School of Work Transition Programs; Evaluation of Job Training; Income Maintenance Policies; and Employer Training

Selected Publications:

In Their Own Words: Student Perspectives on School-to-Work Opportunities, Washington National Institute for Work and Learning, 1995.


"Student Support Mechanisms in School-to-Work Transition Programs," Chapter in Constable, Flynn, and McDonald, eds., School Social Work: Practice and Research Perspectives, 3rd Edition, Chicago: Lyceum Books, 1995.


"The Economic Payoffs to Workplace Literacy," Literacy Networks, 1 (1), October 1994.


Classrooms in the Workplace: A Study of Workplace Education Programs in Small and Medium-sized Firms, Kalamazoo: W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1994.


"Postsecondary Education as Triage: Returns to Academic and Technical Programs," Economics of Education Review, September, 1993.


"A Follow-up Study of the Delivery of Title III Services to Dislocated Workers in Ohio," Evaluation Forum, Issue 3, 1988.


"Vocational Education: A Shared Responsibility," (with D. Stevens), Vocational Education Journal, April 1987.


"Employer Recruitment and Selection of Young Workers," Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, Summer 1986.


Assisting Displaced Workers: Policy Options for Educational and Training Institutions. (with F. Pratzner and H. Rosen), Columbus, Ohio: The National Center for Research in Vocational Education, 1984.


Microsimulation Models for Public Policy Analysis. (with R. Haveman), New York: Academic Press, 1980.

 

 

 

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