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Closing the opportunity gap : identity-conscious strategies for retention and student success /

This book offers a novel and proven approach to the retention and success of underrepresented students. It advocates a strategic approach through which an institution sets clear goals and metrics and integrates the identity support work of cultural / diversity centers with skill building through coh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pendakur, Vijay (Editor ), Harper, Shaun R., 1975- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Shaun R. Harper
  • Introduction : two distinct paths and a missed opportunity / Vijay Pendakur
  • 1. Family engagement for first-generation families and families of color / Andrea Arzuaga
  • 2. Retaining and graduating empowered men of color / Eric Mata and André Bobb
  • 3. Identity-conscious approaches to first-year, peer-to-peer retention programs / Sara Furr
  • 4. The promise and challenge of leadership development for women of color / Tomika Rodriguez
  • 5. Social capital : identity-conscious leadership development curricula for students of color / Jeff Brown and Nydia Maria Stewart
  • 6. Career discernment and career capital development for students of color and first-generation college students / Richard P. Morales and Eric Mata
  • 7. Empowerment agents : developing staff and faculty to support students at the margins / Sumun L. Pendakur
  • 8. Food, shelter and success : mitigating risk for low-income college students / Art Munin and Michele Enos
  • Conclusion : tying it all together / Vijay Pendakur
  • Afterword / Vijay Pendakur.