The role of postsecondary education in welfare recipients' paths to self-sufficiency

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 472-496

  London, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33646730288     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2006.0024     Document Type: Review

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