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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 9
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Moving Welfare Families into Economic Self-Sufficiency: A Model from El Paso Community College.
Bombach, Kathleen
New Directions for Community Colleges, n116 p73-81 Win 2001
Discusses how El Paso Community College (Texas) linked welfare-to-work participants to college credit programs that offer realistic pathways to certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor degrees. Stresses training for employment that offers a living wage over immediate employment. (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Poverty Programs, Public Policy, Salaries, Two Year Colleges, Wages, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform, Welfare Services
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Language: English
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