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Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Creator:

Barry, Kate R.

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The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...

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Dissertation

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of Income Program Participation to examine aspects of low-income single parent families’ lives
Beyond heat or eat : street-level bureaucracy in rural Oregon energy relief

Creator:

Maguire, Jennifer J.

Abstract:

Rising energy costs coupled with the diminishing incomes associated with rural economic restructuring leave an increasing proportion of rural households faced with the heat or eat dilemma--where families must choose between meeting one basic need over another, such as putting food on the table or keeping the heat on. Effective...

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Dissertation

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examined. Program Power, a novel rural Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), was designed