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Direct linkPlant, Helen, Ed.; Ravenhall, Mark, Ed. – Learning and Work Institute, 2019
"Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: The Impact of Adult Learning across the UK" identifies a range of economic and social policy challenges confronting the four nations today and argues that adult learning can make an important contribution to addressing these and promoting a fairer and more inclusive society. Published in 2017, the report draws…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Labor Force Development, Outcomes of Education
Shaw, Kathleen M.; Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Mazzeo, Christopher; Jacobs, Jerry – Russell Sage Foundation, 2006
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…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Global Approach, Democratic Values, Social Mobility
