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Direct linkHodges, Nancy J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
As the United States economy moves away from manufacturing, members of this workforce are facing an uncertain future. In this study, an interpretive methodological framework is used to explore women's experiences with textile manufacturing job loss, and subsequent retraining at a local community college. Narratives of four displaced workers and…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Community Colleges, Job Training
Kates, Erika – 1991
This monograph describes the preliminary findings of two studies concerning the experiences of low income women who attended college in Massachusetts. The first study, conducted in 1986, examined the combined effects of public assistance and student financial aid upon the lives of women who attended college. A 1990 study explored the assumption…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Poverty
Download full textCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. – 1994
A study used data on the characteristics, Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program activities, and quarterly earnings of about 6,500 adult female Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients who enrolled in JTPA programs in 11 states during Program Year 1986. The study tracked the experiences of the women in the JTPA programs and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Averitt, Sallie D. – 1993
A study was conducted to determine: (1) if instruction correlated to the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) resulted in improved basic skills for participants in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program; and (2) to determine the impact of selected factors on grade-level advancement (pre- versus posttest TABE scores). A literature…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Suarez, Cecilia Cota-Robles, Ed.; Anguiano, Lupe, Ed. – 1979
In an effort to provide positive program and procedural alternatives for personnel working in educational and training programs for low-income women, the book presents the current situation of minority female low-income heads of household, especially the Chicana, and offers solutions and recommendations regarding the education and training of such…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
