CalWORKs in California Community Colleges: An Academic Senate Perspective. Adopted Fall 2002.

Institution	Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Sacramento.
Titel	CalWORKs in California Community Colleges: An Academic Senate Perspective. Adopted Fall 2002.
Quelle	(2002), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Community Colleges; Economically Disadvantaged; Educational Legislation; Educationally Disadvantaged; Employment; Job Skills; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Poverty Programs; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Welfare Services; Working Poor; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Community college; Community College; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Dienstverhältnis; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Armenfürsorge; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Kalifornien
Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to increase awareness and understanding of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program. The Academic Senate holds the view that welfare reform that focuses on "work first" tends to push participants into below-subsistence-level jobs and eclipses an emphasis on long-term education, making it more difficult to help people become self-sufficient in the long run. Additionally, California's chronic under-funding of teaching and support services in the community college has a direct impact on students who are enrolled in the CalWORKs programs. In addition to state funding cuts, Bush administration funding proposals would change CalWORKs programs in ways directly contrary to Academic Senate recommendations. An informal survey of CalWORKs programs in California community colleges was conducted in the fall and spring of 2002. Forty-three colleges responded to seven questions: (1) How many students are currently in your program? (2) How do you rate the success of the program? (3) How do you track that success? (4) What support is offered to students? (5) What hinders students' progress? (6) Do you have a program for student retention? and (7) Do you have regular contact with county staff, social workers? Detailed responses are included, as are recommendations for further policy. Appended are: Colleges Responding to Survey; and Academic Senate Resolutions on CalWORKs. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/NB)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.academicsenate.cc.ca.us/Publications/Papers_Topic.htm.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC