November 23, 2007

A Breadwinner's Job Loss Hurts College Chances

By PETER SCHMIDT

The chances that a middle-class child will someday go to college are significantly reduced when the breadwinner of the family is laid off or fired, and black middle-class children are especially vulnerable to seeing their college aspirations derailed in such a manner, according to research findings presented at the annual conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

The involuntary loss of a job by the head of the household leaves middle-class white children

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