Coming of Age at Minimum Wage
Wednesday, November 08 2006
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Anthropologist Carol Stack spent three years observing inner city young adults juggling minimum wage work and higher education ambitions. She found that despite hard work and aspiration, most were just spinning their wheels in the fast-food labor market. She joins host Frank Stasio to discuss barriers to the American Dream. Plus, Christine Kelly-Kleese, head of Developmental Studies at Durham Technical Community College, describes a sea change in how community colleges are helping low-income students climb the American economic ladder.
