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Home >  Scholars & Fellows >  Douglas J. Besharov >  Articles and Short Publications
Articles and Short Publications by Douglas J. Besharov
Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies
Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar Douglas J. Besharov
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Head Start's Broken Promise
Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Each year almost a million children pass through the Head Start program without getting the head start on learning they were promised.  [Full Story]
Full-Engagement Welfare in New York City
Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2005
Lessons for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program's participation requirements.  [Full Story]
The Role of Career and Technical Education
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2005
The authors stress the importance of career and technical education for students to achieve success after high school graduation.  [Full Story]
Toughening TANF
Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
The authors analyzes the participation requirements in the House and Senate bills to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and state responses.  [Full Story]
There's More Welfare to Reform
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2004
The question of whether there should be more federal aid for child care should be reviewed on its own merits, not under the guise of welfare reform.  [Full Story]
Creating a Marketplace for Social Welfare Services
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2005
Using vouchers and other forms of bottom-up decision making can help give clients choice and improve services.  [Full Story]
College Degree Unnecessary
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2003
There are better--although less politically salable--uses for the money that would be spent on the higher salaries college graduates command.  [Full Story]
The Past and Future of Welfare Reform
Posted: Sunday, December 22, 2002
Welfare caseloads have fallen sharply, and the percentage of single mothers working has risen dramatically.  [Full Story]
We're Feeding the Poor as if They're Starving
Posted: Sunday, December 1, 2002
The poor in America are far more likely to be at risk of death and disease because of overeating than starvation.  [Full Story]
Welfare Rolls
Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2002
With the landmark 1996 welfare reform law up for reauthorization this year, both Republicans and Democrats are taking credit for the astounding fall in welfare rolls.   [Full Story]
Total Records: 100
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Research Areas
Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid)
Poverty (trends, causes, and remedies)
Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation)
Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births)
Child abuse/child welfare (foster care and delinquency)
Preschool and child care (Head Start)
Race and ethnicity (Affirmative Action and black middle class)
Research Projects
Welfare Reform Academy
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Contact Information
Douglas J. Besharov
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 202-862-5904
Assistant: 202-862-5941
Fax: 202-862-5802
E-mail: DBesharov@aei.org
Latest Book
Family and Child Well-Being
Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
This book explores how low-income children and their families are faring in the wake of welfare reform. [Read More]