Racial and ethnic differences in the impact of work-first policies on college access

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-307

  Goldrick Rab, Sara ^a   Shaw, Kathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College access; Federal policy; Racial and ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144465475     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737027004291     Document Type: Review

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