A Year Up :
Chertavian, Gerald
A Year Up : how a pioneering program that teaches young adults real skills for real jobs- - with real success / Gerald Chertavian. - New York : Viking, 2012. - viii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. With hard- and supercover
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.
978-0-670-02377-6
Year Up (Organization)
Occupational training--United States
Young adults--Vocational education--United States
Young adults--Employment--United States
Internship programs--United States
Internship programs--New York (State)
Poor youth--Vocational education--New York (State)
Poor youth--Employment--New York (State)
Poor youth--Education, Higher--New York (State)
A Year Up : how a pioneering program that teaches young adults real skills for real jobs- - with real success / Gerald Chertavian. - New York : Viking, 2012. - viii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. With hard- and supercover
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.
978-0-670-02377-6
Year Up (Organization)
Occupational training--United States
Young adults--Vocational education--United States
Young adults--Employment--United States
Internship programs--United States
Internship programs--New York (State)
Poor youth--Vocational education--New York (State)
Poor youth--Employment--New York (State)
Poor youth--Education, Higher--New York (State)