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Hold fast to dreams : a college guidance counselor, his students, and the vision of a life beyond poverty /
Since Joshua Steckel began work at a Brooklyn public high school as its first-ever college guidance counselor, every one of the hundreds of graduates he has counseled has been accepted to college, many to top-flight schools with all expenses paid. But getting in is only one small part of the drama o...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Since Joshua Steckel began work at a Brooklyn public high school as its first-ever college guidance counselor, every one of the hundreds of graduates he has counseled has been accepted to college, many to top-flight schools with all expenses paid. But getting in is only one small part of the drama of his students' stories. In a riveting work of narrative nonfiction-winner of a Studs and Ida Terkel award-Hold Fast to Dreams follows the lives of ten of Josh's students as they navigate the vast and obstacle-ridden landscape of college in America, where students for whom the stakes of. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1595589287 9781595589286 |