Kathleen M Shaw

Putting Poor People to Work: How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor

Today, a college education is increasingly viewed as the gateway to the American Dream—a necessary prerequisite for social mobility. Yet recent policy reforms in the United States effectively steer former welfare recipients away from an education that could further their career prospects, forcing th...

Community Colleges As Cultural Texts: Qualitative Explorations of Organizational and Student Culture (Suny Series, Frontiers in Education)

Community colleges are positioned to play a critical role in the process of upward mobility in American society. Yet despite the "open door" accessibility of these institutions, the question remains as to whether or not community colleges enhance the social mobility of working class and minority stu...

Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions (The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series)

Community colleges have experienced a dramatic shift in focus and direction over the past 25 years. The impact of federal policy that emphasizes employment over education and the increased pressure for community colleges to meet the needs of local industries has led experts to ask whether or not con...

Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions (The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series)

Community colleges have experienced a dramatic shift in focus and direction over the past 25 years. The impact of federal policy that emphasizes employment over education and the increased pressure for community colleges to meet the needs of local industries has led experts to ask whether or not con...

State Postsecondary Education Research: New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice (Stylus Higher Education Policy Series)

“Although individual chapters could be useful for teaching and senior scholars, I see the book as helpful for early career policy scholars engaging in the research design process because of the excellent examples of quality research.”?The Review of Higher Education“This book will be of great interes...

The Last Toast. [Musical monologue.] Words by W. Ogilvie, etc

His first long Trousers. [Musical monologue.] Words by E. A. Guest, etc

Good-bye, Lynette. [Musical monologue.] Words by W. Ogilvie, etc

Maths Alive! Mathematics for the National Curriculum: Key Stages 1, 2 and 3

Maths Alive!: Inset Mathematics for the National Curriculum (Key Stages 1, 2, 3)

Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions

Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions

Community Colleges As Cultural Texts: Qualitative Explorations of Organizational and Student Culture

Putting Poor People to Work: How the Work-first Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor

Kathleen Shaw

Gertrude Kathleen Shaw (18 January 1903 1983) was a British figure skater. She was born in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire and was the 1926 World bronze...