Taming the River : Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities /

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Building on their important findings in The Source of the River, the authors now probe even more deeply into minority underachievement at the college level. Taming the River examines the academic and social dynamics of different ethnic groups during the first two years of college. Focusing on racial...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Charles, Camille Zubrinsky, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Minorities > Education (Higher)
College students > Social conditions.
Academic achievement.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Minorites > Enseignement superieur > États-Unis.
Étudiants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Academic achievement > United States.
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
College students > United States > Social conditions.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Entering the current
  • Staying afloat academically
  • Staying afloat socially
  • Staying afloat financially
  • Battling social undercurrents
  • The hidden rocks of segregation
  • The shoals of stereotypes
  • The wake from affirmative action
  • College at midstream.

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