Access to Higher Education Project. Final Report.

Autor/in	Kates, Erika
Institution	Smith Coll., Northampton, MA.
Titel	Access to Higher Education Project. Final Report.
Quelle	(1993), (122 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Case Studies; Females; Financial Support; Higher Education; Low Income Groups; Nontraditional Students; One Parent Family; Private Colleges; Public Policy; School Policy; Social Change; State Colleges; Statewide Planning; Student Financial Aid; Student Personnel Services; Two Year Colleges; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Weibliches Geschlecht; Finanzielle Förderung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Privathochschule; Öffentliche Ordnung; Schulpolitik; Sozialer Wandel; Planwirtschaft; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Fürsorgeeinrichtung
Abstract	A study of selected higher education institutions investigated support services provided to low income women and single parents, particularly those who receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The study surveyed 76 institutions around the nation of which 60 responded. The study conducted 13 follow-up site visits in 9 states. The study also surveyed Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) policies in 32 states. Findings revealed that though JOBS administrators say they support access to postsecondary education, actual access is constrained by continuing ambivalence to providing access through the public welfare system and the different cultures of higher education and public welfare policy. Other findings include the following: (1) women who enrolled in college on their own initiative without being referred by a case worker were often penalized by JOBS as over half of states responding reported they do not provide JOBS resources to "self-initiated" students"; (2) colleges responded to JOBS and other constraints with a variety of strategies to assist their low income students including provision of child care, financial aid, special student centers, administrative linkages with state agencies, and special admissions and placement procedures. Appendixes contain copies of the surveys, a list of participating institutions, case studies, selected JOBS policies and a bibliography containing 28 references.) (JB)
Anmerkungen	Project on Women and Social Change, Seelye Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063 ($7).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC