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Author Gatta, Mary Lizabeth, 1972-

Title Not just getting by : the new era of flexible workforce development / Mary L. Gatta, in collaboration with Kevin P. McCabe.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 132 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-126) and index.
Contents A brief introduction to workforce development systems -- The new workforce challenge: finding the skills to move up and out of poverty -- Workforce development and welfare policy: explored through an intersectional lens -- Policy and programs: single working poor mothers and online learning -- Rethinking workforce development: reflections from a State Commissioner of Labor -- Concluding remarks: developing an agenda for workforce development and low-wage workers.
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Summary Not Just Getting By chronicles groundbreaking thinking and research on new and innovative workforce development initiatives to create flexible and collaborative programs and policies. Author Mary Gatta builds on extensive interviews and focus groups with 128 women enrolled in a U.S. Department of Labor pilot program in New Jersey focusing on how they attain education through online courses while working, raising their children, and dealing with the many demands on their lives.
Subject Occupational training -- United States.
Occupational training for women -- United States.
Low-income single mothers -- Employment -- United States.
Working poor -- Education -- United States.
Workplace literacy -- United States.
Web-based instruction -- United States.
Open learning -- United States.
Work and family -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Training.
Added Author McCabe, Kevin P.
Other Form: Print version: Gatta, Mary Lizabeth, 1972- Not just getting by. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2005 0739111531 (DLC) 2005019589 (OCoLC)61131743
ISBN 9780739158296 (electronic bk.)
0739158295 (electronic bk.)
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