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Seeberg, Vilma – Comparative Education Review, 2014
This study proposes an elaboration of the human development capability approach by theorizing empowerment capabilities as an essential aspect of the education of excluded village girls. Seeking to explain Chinese village girls' demand for schooling, the article identifies intangible and instrumental capabilities that have often been overlooked and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Empowerment, Females, Student Development
Gilbert, Caroline Marie – 1984
The importance of higher education for women on welfare, the needs of welfare women in college, and college services provided to this population are discussed, along with model college programs, and policy implications for local, state, and federal programs. It is proposed that single-parent women on welfare have access to higher education so they…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, College Attendance, Community Programs