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Article: Employment and training alternatives for non-college women: do redistributive policies really redistribute?
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- Policy Studies Journal
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Although the proportion of the population earning a 4-year college degree has increased over time, nearly three-fourths of the nation's population never earns one. Over one-fourth of the population never enrolls in formal schooling again after obtaining a high school diploma. Public policies aimed at making college more accessible assume that those who have not attended college want to go; that everyone is either attending college, has already graduated, or is aspiring toward college. However, many occupations essential to the economy do not require a 4-year degree, including many service-sector jobs and skilled trades. Non-college women tend to hold lower-paying jobs ...