Putting Poor People to Work How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor / Kathleen M. Shaw ... [et al.].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Shaw, Kathleen M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• United States. Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
• Public welfare--United States.
• Poor--Education (Higher)--United States.
• People with social disabilities--Education (Higher)--United States.

Genre:

• Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, a college education is increasingly viewed as the gateway to the American Dream--a necessary prerequisite for social mobility.Yet recent policy reforms in the United States effectively steer former welfare recipients away from an education that could further their career prospects, forcing them directly into the workforce where they often.

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.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-187) and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61044-496-5

OCLC:

607821152