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A Year Up : how a pioneering program teaches young adults real skills for real jobs- - with real success Cover Image Book Book

A Year Up : how a pioneering program teaches young adults real skills for real jobs- - with real success

Chertavian, Gerald. (Author).

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780670023776
  • ISBN: 0670023779
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2012.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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