From College to Career examines the lives of poor mothers who completed community college degrees and entered the workforce during a major shift in American social welfare policy. With the passage of federal welfare reform a lot more attention was focused on helping low-income mothers enter and make progress in the labor market. Policies that encouraged education and training as a means to securing stable employment received less emphasis in this new policy environment. Using a combination of data from a survey of a community college cohort and interviews with low-income mothers who received...