A Year Up : how a pioneering program that teaches young adults real skills for real jobs- - with real success / Gerald Chertavian.
2012
HD5715.2 .C47 2012 (Mapit)
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A Year Up : how a pioneering program that teaches young adults real skills for real jobs- - with real success / Gerald Chertavian.
Author
Chertavian, Gerald.
ISBN
9780670023776
0670023779
0670023779
Publication Details
New York : Viking, 2012.
Language
English
Description
viii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HD5715.2 .C47 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.25/920973
Summary
Shares the story of a pioneering program that offers low-income young adults training, mentorship, internships, and jobs with leading companies, tracing the progress from admissions through graduation to illuminate student challenges, failures, and successes.
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Includes index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: honk for opportunity
"Yo, God. what are you doing?"
Brother from another zip code
Why is he doing this?
Ping me
please?
"You don't have a chance in hell"
Don't lose it now!
Oh, pioneers!
"Reach and strive for 2005!"
Guilty by association
"I am having an intern moment"
Abdul, in a state of grace
The soul of a new machine
"We are one year up"
I think that woman saved my life
Epilogue: wheels up for opportunity.
"Yo, God. what are you doing?"
Brother from another zip code
Why is he doing this?
Ping me
please?
"You don't have a chance in hell"
Don't lose it now!
Oh, pioneers!
"Reach and strive for 2005!"
Guilty by association
"I am having an intern moment"
Abdul, in a state of grace
The soul of a new machine
"We are one year up"
I think that woman saved my life
Epilogue: wheels up for opportunity.