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An Evaluation Of An Urban Community College Single Parent And Displaced Homemaker Program, Linda Myers Rice
An Evaluation Of An Urban Community College Single Parent And Displaced Homemaker Program, Linda Myers Rice
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of an urban community college Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker program composed primarily of minority women, many of whom were receiving public assistance. The critical dimension of mattering (Schlossberg et al., 1989) formed the conceptual framework for the evaluation.
Program effectiveness, impacts, efficiency and participant needs were assessed. The primary methodology was survey research. A descriptive and a causal comparative study were conducted to determine if there were significant differences in the number of semesters completed and the number of credits taken by program participants when compared to students …