"It's all up to you": How welfare-to-work educational programs construct workforce success

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-104

  Sandlin, Jennifer A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult basic education; Critical education; Employment preparation; Myth of success; Qualitative case study; Sociology of education; Success; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644273083     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713603260274     Document Type: Review

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