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...introduce the students to the total range our university has to offer," said John Gardner, the director of the University 101 program...
Among other subjects, students in the course study "substance abuse, sexually communicated diseases, and human sexuality," Gardner said. The class requires that students attend concerts and other cultural events...
Close to half of the student population at USC elects to take the course, Gardner said, and a significant majority of those are female. "Females seem more willing to seek and accept help" than males, Gardner said...
Under the Family Independence Program proposed last November by Governor Booth Gardner, the incentives for working are substantial. A woman with two children earning close to minimum wage might take home as much as $10,464 a year: $7,752 in salary and government benefits, plus an additional $2,712 in bonuses. That is 15% above the current poverty level for a family of three. As the wages of a participant increase, the bonuses and benefits gradually decrease. The enrollee loses the assistance only when her pay exceeds the $10,464 benchmark...
...Gardner replies that the state can solve both the employment and infant-care problems by putting welfare mothers to work in day-care centers, which are expected to grow through state subsidies from an $8 million-a-year business to $116 million a year. FIP, he says, "won't cost more than the current welfare program, and it won't save money either. But it will save lives and self- esteem, careers and families...