Survey finds youth in Boston summer jobs program gain job readiness skills, higher academic aspirations

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 09:11 in Psychology & Sociology

After youth participated in Boston's summer jobs program, a greater number reported having increased job readiness skills, higher academic aspirations, and improved connections with their neighborhoods—with the largest gains in some areas among minority groups—according to a new report co-authored by Northeastern's Alicia Sasser Modestino.

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