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

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.

Main Author: Chertavian, Gerald.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Viking, 2012.
Subjects:
Year Up (Organization)
Occupational training > United States.
Young adults > United States > Vocational education.
Young adults > Employment > United States.
Internship programs > United States.
Internship programs > New York (State)
Poor youth > New York (State) > Vocational education.
Poor youth > Employment > New York (State)
Poor youth > Education (Higher) > New York (State)
Table of Contents:
  • 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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