Increasing access to college extending possibilities for all students /
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| Other Authors: | Tierney, William G., Hagedorn, Linda Serra., EBSCOhost. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2002]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (vi, 250 pages) : illustrations. |
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SUNY series, frontiers in education.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Pre-college outreach programs: a national perspective / Watson Scott Swail and Laura W. Perna -- The relationship between urbanicity and educational outcomes / Clifford Adelman -- A theoretical and practical view of student adjustment and academic achievement / Amaury Nora -- Meeting common goals: linking K-12 and college interventions / Patricia Gandara -- The social construction of college access: confronting the technical, cultural, and political barriers to low-income students of color / Jeannie Oakes [and others] -- (In)(di)visible identities of youth: college preparation programs from a feminist standpoint / Michelle G. Knight and Heather A. Oesterreich -- Partners for preparation: redistributing social and cultural capital / Susan Yonezawa, Makeba Jones, and Hugh Mehan -- Making school to college programs work: academics, goals, and aspirations / Linda Serra Hagedorn and Shereen Fogel -- Parental guidance suggested: family involvement in college preparation programs / Alexander Jun and Julia Colyar -- Reflective evaluation: improving practice in college preparation programs / William G. Tierney. Annotation At a time when college enrollment rates for low income and under-represented students are far below those of non-minority students, policies and practices designed to increase access should be a priority for colleges, universities, high schools, and community agencies. Increasing Access to College examines pre-college enrichment programs that offer a specific and immediate remedy. Book jacket. English. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco Academic. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (vi, 250 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0585464014 9780585464015 0791453634 9780791453636 0791453642 9780791453643 9780791488652 0791488659 |