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Welfare
Reform Jeopardizes Women's Access to Education
By Vivyan Adair, The Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of
Women's Studies, Hamilton College
As many welfare analysts and recipients argue, welfare reform in 1996,
and reform reauthorization in 2003, was designed to control, regulate,
and somehow "neutralize" poor women's "illegal
and unruly" bodies through the institutions of marriage and
work. From the perspective of welfare students, this prohibition against
both personal fulfillment and independence through education and single
motherhood has dangerous implications.
A
Smoother Path to Higher Education: Constructing Policies and Programs
That Support Low-Income Women
By Fern Marx, MHSM, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Research
on Women, Wellesley College
Because government policies have been unable to make higher education
more accessible for low-income women, community and university programs
have been attempting to fill this need. The Wellesley College Center
for Research on Women studied 21 college access programs for low-income,
female, adult students and found that, when provided the opportunity
and supports, low-income parents can succeed in earning college degrees
and increase their earnings and self-confidence.
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