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Educating a diverse nation : lessons from minority-serving institutions /

In an increasingly diverse United States, minority and low-income students of all ages struggle to fit into mainstream colleges and universities that cater predominantly to middle-income and affluent white students fresh out of high school. Anchored in a study conducted at twelve minority-serving in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Conrad, Clifton (Autor), Gasman, Marybeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : learning from minority-serving institutions about cultivating student success
  • The challenge of educating a diverse America
  • Minority-serving institutions : educating diverse students for a diverse world
  • Tribal colleges and universities : culturally responsive places
  • Hispanic-serving institutions : designing pathways for student success
  • Historically black colleges and universities : it's all in the family
  • Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions : pathways to and through college
  • Practices for educating a diverse America
  • Conclusion : a college education for a diverse nation.