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Title:

Putting poor people to work : how the work-first idea eroded college access for the poor / Kathleen M. Shaw ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Russell Sage Foundation,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

x, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Shaw, Kathleen M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-187) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780871547750
0871547759

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65407597

LCCN:

2006043946

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)