KCBS, a California-based radio station, ran a story this past weekend that featured the work of sociologist Shila Katz, who has worked with the Obama transition team on issues surrounding families on welfare.
The station reports:
When Shila Katz sits down with President Elect Obama’s transition team, she has a message to get across: “Higher education can really be the key to higher wages that will support a family.”
Katz, an assistant professor of sociology at Sonoma State University, has done research about education as a way to get from welfare to work. “Mothers on welfare who are pursuing higher education here in the Bay Area, [who] earn associate degrees and bachelors degrees, find jobs at wages that they never need welfare again.”…“We need to provide welfare services that are actually supportive and will help people get into jobs that will earn wages so that they can support their families and higher education is the key to that.”
Katz worked on the Obama campaign and says that now is the time to enact policies that show what his values are.
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Bella — March 23, 2021
I agree that higher education opens new possibilities for a comfortable life. It's important to study well and be a professional. Currently, I try to do my best and visit different additional courses, use resources, for example https://studymoose.com/essay-types/common-app-essay as I'm not good at writing. But, it's also essential to know how to apply knowledge. In any case, everyone deserves to gain a good education.