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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reyes, Reynaldo, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Mexican American children > Education.
Mexican American youth > Education.
Mexican American students > Social conditions.
Enfants américains d'origine mexicaine > Éducation.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine mexicaine > Éducation.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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