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Wilson's op-ed piece went argues that by waiving the two-year time limit for AFDC recipients who are enrolled in approved degree programs, the state can greatly improve their chances of moving off welfare permanently...
...arranging family-friendly schedules and providing academic counselling so that AFDC recipients pursue paths toward realistic careers, Wilson and her associates are arguing that higher education, not what Wilson calls "arbitrary and unrealistic time limits" on welfare, is the ticket to ending dependence on federal...
Chandler's constituency, Worcester, is a college community, Matthews said, and Chandler had been told "that former AFDC recipients had used higher education to get off the welfare track...
During an hour-long question and answer session earlier this year, the panel of college presidents fielded questions from the caucus and presented information supporting their theory that higher education is a valuable tool for helping AFDC recipients get off welfare...
...outside language of the House budget was vetoed by Weld, who called the exemption a "loophole" and charged that it would almost certainly be misused by AFDC recipients...