Learning the Possible : Mexican American Students Moving from the Margins of Life to New Ways of Being /

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In this book, the author demonstrates that it is possible for underprepared high school graduates to be successful in college. It chronicles the struggles and triumphs of five Mexican American students in their first year of college, aided by a one-year scholarship and support program called the Col...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Reyes, Reynaldo, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mexican American youth > Education.
Mexican American children > Education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Jeunesse americaine d'origine mexicaine > Éducation.
Enfants americains d'origine mexicaine > Éducation.
Mexican American students > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Christian J. Faltis
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction : Urgency of Incompleteness
  • Coming from the Margins of School and Life : The Students
  • College through CAMP: Access, Community, and Opportunity to Learn
  • Key Interactions as Agency and Empowerment
  • Academic Performance and Practice : Grades
  • Emerging and Evolving Identities as Successful Students
  • Discussion : Implications of the Possible.

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