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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ753231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 25
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The Role of Postsecondary Education in Welfare Recipients' Paths to Self-Sufficiency
London, Rebecca
Journal of Higher Education, v77 n3 p472-496 May-Jun 2006
Today's welfare system does not encourage postsecondary education, focusing instead on immediate employment. The loss of postsecondary education as a route out of poverty may be detrimental to some women. College graduation is associated with lower rates of recidivism and post-welfare poverty than attendance without graduation or no attendance. (Contains 7 tables and 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Postsecondary Education, Poverty, Graduation, Recidivism, Attendance Patterns, Graduation Rate, Path Analysis, College Outcomes Assessment, Education Work Relationship, Economically Disadvantaged, Role of Education, Research Methodology, Life Satisfaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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