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Direct linkLondon, Rebecca – Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Today's welfare system does not encourage postsecondary education, focusing instead on immediate employment. The loss of postsecondary education as a route out of poverty may be detrimental to some women. College graduation is associated with lower rates of recidivism and post-welfare poverty than attendance without graduation or no attendance.…
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Postsecondary Education, Poverty, Graduation
