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Chapter 3 “That’s Not How I Want to Live”
Student Mothers Fight to Stay in School Under Michigan’s Welfare-to-Work Regime
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Peggy Kahn
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- Debunking the Myth of the Failure of Education and Training for Welfare Recipients 19
- Failing Low Income Students 45
- “That’s Not How I Want to Live” 75
- Connecting and Reconnecting to Work 97
- Supporting or Blocking Educational Progress? 115
- Student Financial Aid and Low Income Mothers 129
- Credentials Count 149
- “This Little Light of Mine” 171
- College Access and Leadership-Building for Low Income Women 189
- Transcending Welfare 203
- Securing Higher Education for Women on Welfare in Maine 217
- Afterword 237
- Contributors 241
- Index 247
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- Debunking the Myth of the Failure of Education and Training for Welfare Recipients 19
- Failing Low Income Students 45
- “That’s Not How I Want to Live” 75
- Connecting and Reconnecting to Work 97
- Supporting or Blocking Educational Progress? 115
- Student Financial Aid and Low Income Mothers 129
- Credentials Count 149
- “This Little Light of Mine” 171
- College Access and Leadership-Building for Low Income Women 189
- Transcending Welfare 203
- Securing Higher Education for Women on Welfare in Maine 217
- Afterword 237
- Contributors 241
- Index 247
