Schochet, Peter Z., John Burghardt, and Sheens McConnell. 2008. “Does job Corps work? Impact findings from the National Job Corps Study. “American Economic Review.
Right away in this article the authors make a clear statement towards the success of the job corps program they state “Job corps is the only federal training program that has shown to increase earnings of the population.” However shortly after this they talk about her earning drop off after seven years in the younger population of the program. The article talks about the different courses Job corps provides, I would like to talk to students and see what factors make them decide which courses to specialize in.
Charles R. Hayman and Arthur Frank. 2008. “Job Corps experience with health problems”
Public Health Reports.
Job Corps has a health system in place that seems to be working. No real problems or complaints have developed, but no records or evidence of its effectiveness have been recorded. My main thoughts about the health care program is if they offer mental help or counseling to their students that may have been abused or just had life struggles. I think this is just as or more important than there physical health. This directly relates with the essay topic I have chosen In where I want to connect a student’s social skills to their up bringing
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