Breaking Through the Access Barrier : How Academic Capital Formation Can Improve Policy in Higher Education.

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Breaking Through the Access Barrier argues that the policies designed to address inequalities in college access are failing to address underlying issues of inequality. This book introduces academic capital formation (ACF), a groundbreaking new theory defined by family knowledge of educational option...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hu, Shouping (Autor), Fisher, Amy S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2010.
Temas:
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
College preparation programs > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Minorités > Enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Programmes d'études préuniversitaires > États-Unis.
Academic achievement
College preparation programs
Minorities > Education (Higher)
United States
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Breaking Through the Access Barrier argues that the policies designed to address inequalities in college access are failing to address underlying issues of inequality. This book introduces academic capital formation (ACF), a groundbreaking new theory defined by family knowledge of educational options and the opportunities for pursuing them. The authors suggest focusing on intervention programs and public policy to promote improvement in academic preparation, college information, and student aid. This textbook offers: a new construct-academic capi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-269) and index.
ISBN:9780203849019
0203849019
1282930435
9781282930438

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