African American Women and Poverty or Becoming an Electronics Technician

African-American Women and Poverty: Can Education Alone Change the Status Quo?

Author: Catherine M Casserly

African American Women and Poverty examines why educational investments by African American women, the group in American society that is most susceptible to being poor, have not reduced poverty as expected. The analysis in this study reveals that the ability of human capital investment to alleviate poverty for African American women differs depending on whether one estimates private or social returns. Tables. Charts. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

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Examines issues of education as they concern African American women. Focuses on the question of why investments by these women in education have not reduced poverty amongst the group as expected. The study uses National Longitudinal Surveys of Market Experience data form 1969 and 1988. The author argues that ultimately education is only one of many determinants of poverty, and that the ability of capital investment to alleviate poverty differs depending on whether one estimates private or social returns. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Becoming an Electronics Technician: Securing Your High-Tech Future

Author: Ronald A Reis

This book provides readers with useful and encouraging information on the exciting world of electronics.

Important changes to the fourth edition are:

• Data have been revised and updated.
• Information on job shadowing has been included in Chapter 5.
• Information on ISCET Certification has been expanded in Chapter 7.
• A completely new chapter on information technology (IT) certification, with emphasis on A+ certification, has been added.
• Material on online job search techniques has been expanded in Chapter 9.
• Information on negotiating salary and benefits has been included in Chapter 9.
• A completely new chapter on virtual electronics has been added.
• Five new projects have been added to Chapter 17.
• Appendix 1, Electronic Kit and Part Sources, has been completely updated.
• Fifty new terms have been added to the Glossary.

A free Instructor's Manual (ISBN 0-13-093210-8) is available to instructors using this book for a course.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	The Electronics Industry: In the Air and Everywhere	5
Ch. 2	Electronics: Field of Dreams	29
Ch. 3	The Electronics Technician: Bringing Electronics to Life	49
Ch. 4	Electronics Technician Profiles: Meet Ron, Kay, and Eric	67
Ch. 5	Taking the Big Step: Getting Educated in Electronics	89
Ch. 6	Succeeding as an Electronics Student: Making the Most of Your School Day	113
Ch. 7	Being an "Electronics Activist": Electronics Beyond the Classroom	135
Ch. 8	Launching Your Career as an Electronics Technician: Finding, Getting, and Keeping Your First Position	151
Ch. 9	Breadboarding: A Half-Dozen Ways to Go	175
Ch. 10	Creating Troubleshooting Trees: Your Key to Circuit Understanding and Repair	187
Ch. 11	Transducers: The Ins and Outs of Electronic Circuits	197
Ch. 12	A Short Course on Active Solid-State Components: The Big Half-Dozen	209
Ch. 13	Electronics Safety: Where the Danger Lies	221
Ch. 14	Useful Electronic Projects You Can Build	233
Appendix 1	Electronic Kit Companies	253
Appendix 2	The Big Three Electronics Magazines	255
	Index	257