learnfare
/ˈləːnfɛː
/noun [mass noun] North American
A welfare system in which attendance at school, college, or a training programme is necessary in order to receive benefits.The study found that after one year of learnfare, sanctioned students showed the highest dropout rates with about half dropping out; after two years there was an increase in the percentage of students with poor attendance.
Origin
1980s: from learn, on the pattern of workfare.
- full-blooded
- full-bloodedly
- full-bloodedness
- full-blown
- full board
- full-bodied
- full bore
- full-bottomed
- full-breasted
- full-bred
- full brother
- full colour
- full-court press
- full-cream
- full dress
- full dress uniform
- full employment
- full English breakfast
- fuller
- fullerene
- Fuller, Margaret
- Fuller, Melville Weston
- Fuller, R. Buckminster
- fuller's earth
- fuller's teasel