The source of the river : the social origins of freshmen at America's selective colleges and universities /

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African Americans and Latinos earn lower grades and drop out of college more often than whites or Asians. Yet thirty years after deliberate minority recruitment efforts began, we still don't know why. In The Shape of the River, William Bowen and Derek Bok documented the benefits of affirmative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Massey, Douglas S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
College students > United States > Social conditions.
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Étudiants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Minorités > Enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Succès scolaire > États-Unis.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Academic achievement.
College students > Social conditions.
Educational equalization.
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Collegestudent
Soziale Situation
Sociale herkomst.
Eerstejaarsstudenten.
Hoger onderwijs.
United States.
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Puzzle of minority underachievement
  • Sample and methodology
  • Family origins
  • Neighborhood background
  • Prior educational experiences
  • Social world of high school
  • Racial identity and attitudes
  • Pathways to preparation
  • Sink or swim : the first semester
  • Lessons learned.

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