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Lessons from community college programs targeting welfare recipients
Author(s) -
Meléndez Edwin,
Falcón Luis M.,
de Montrichard Alexandra
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.164
Subject(s) - mainstream , welfare , community college , political science , public relations , medical education , sociology , pedagogy , medicine , law
Many community colleges have pursued aggressive initiatives to serve students on welfare, creating new academic programs or expanding existing ones. This chapter highlights case studies of best practices that illustrate how institutional initiatives targeting welfare students have resulted in an expanded capacity to educate and serve mainstream students.