This conference examined the current welfare policy and the continued use of higher education as a tool for moving low-income people into self-supporting careers. The proceedings include: welcoming remarks by Stephen Greenwald; keynote addresses by William Spriggs and Danny Simmons; a lunch address by Rae Alexander-Minter; remarks by Patricia White; and closing remarks by William Spriggs. The other conference presentations are: "Federal Law and State Policy Barriers to Higher Education as Work" (Hector R. Cordero-Guzman, Aurora Jackson, Gwendolynne Moore, Linda Gordon, Lawrence Mead, Judy Williams, and Christina DeMeo); "Welfare Mothers, Non-Traditional Students and College" (Kenya Cox, Susan Gooden, Lisa Grossman, Florence Washington, and Vanessa Ratliff); "Programs and Models that Work" (Esmeralda Simmons, Rae Mack, Vivyan Adair, Henry Buhl, and Kathryn K. Johnson); and "Afterword: Welfare Reform: What is Happening in Congress" (Kevin R. Kosar). (Contains 10 bibliographic references.) (SM)