Breaking Through:
Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers
Marty Liebowitz and Judith Combes Taylor (2004)
Around the country, innovative community colleges are playing a larger role in helping low-skilled adults gain the valuable skills and credentials that serve as gateways to family-supporting careers. Breaking Through looks at whether—and how—these institutions can significantly improve the odds that low-income, low-skilled adults will earn the college-level occupational and technical credentials that remain elusive for many Americans. The study, which led to the Breaking Through initiative, focuses on low-skilled, low-literacy adults and how they can move to college and get what they need to succeed in good jobs. It defines “success” as both educational and economic advancement. Plus, it identifies a set of powerful, transferable strategies rather than describing several effective schools/programs whose complete design may not seem replicable.
