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Putting poor people to work : how the work-first idea eroded college access for the poor / Kathleen M. Shaw, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Christopher Mazzeo, and Jerry A. Jacobs

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Shaw, Kathleen M.
Published
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Goldrick-Rab, Sara, Mazzeo, Christopher, and Jacobs, Jerry A., 1955-
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Contents
Introduction -- The emergence of the work-first prescription -- Welfare reform and access to postsecondary education: national trends -- The implementation of welfare reform: consistency and change -- The workforce investment act: investment or disinvestment? -- The implementation of WIA: does the rhetoric match the reality? -- The power of work-first: implications and future trends.
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ISBN
9781610444965 (electronic bk.)
1610444965 (electronic bk.)
9780871547750
9780871547767
0871547759
0871547767
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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