Explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research occurred in an area where grassroots activism by and for mothers on welfare in higher education was directly able to affect the implementation of public policy.
Explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research occurred in an area where grassroots activism by and for mothers on welfare in higher education was directly able to affect the implementation of public policy.
SHEILA M. KATZ is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Houston in Texas. She is a founding board member of the National Center for Student Parent Programs and previously taught at Sonoma State University.
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Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Preface 1 Reforming the American Dream 2 Pathways onto Welfare and into College 3 Reformed Grassroots Activism 4 Survival through College 5 My Education Means Everything to Me 6 Hope and Fear during the Great Recession 7 Graduating into the Great Recession 8 An American Dream for All Afterword Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Preface 1 Reforming the American Dream 2 Pathways onto Welfare and into College 3 Reformed Grassroots Activism 4 Survival through College 5 My Education Means Everything to Me 6 Hope and Fear during the Great Recession 7 Graduating into the Great Recession 8 An American Dream for All Afterword Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
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