Lives of Promise
What Becomes of High School Valedictorians
Karen D. Arnold(Author)
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
Published on 15. August 1995
Book
Hardback
454 pages
978-0-7879-0146-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on a systematic research study of high school valedictorians, this book looks at the question of what doing well in school actually means. Following the academic and non-academic lives of 81 high school valedictorians for 14 years after graduation, Arnold documents not only a generation beginning their adult lives in America during the 1980s and '90s, but the viability of some of our fundamental assumptions about what our schools measure and reward, and the obstacles - gender and racial - that hinder our once future leaders.
Based on a systematic research study of high school valedictorians, this book looks at the question of what doing well in school actually means. Following the academic and non-academic lives of 81 high school valedictorians for 14 years after graduation, Arnold documents not only a generation beginning their adult lives in America during the 1980s and '90s, but the viability of some of our fundamental assumptions about what our schools measure and reward, and the obstacles - gender and racial - that hinder our once future leaders.
Based on a systematic research study of high school valedictorians, this book looks at the question of what doing well in school actually means. Following the academic and non-academic lives of 81 high school valedictorians for 14 years after graduation, Arnold documents not only a generation beginning their adult lives in America during the 1980s and '90s, but the viability of some of our fundamental assumptions about what our schools measure and reward, and the obstacles - gender and racial - that hinder our once future leaders.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-0146-2 (9780787901462)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Pomp and Circumstance 2. School Smart: Becoming High School Valedictorian 3. What Is Success? Envisioning the Ultimate 4. Life After the First B'': Going to College 5. Contingency Planning: Women and Careers 6. Hidden Lessons: Race, Class, and Tacit Knowledge 7. Channels of Success: From College to Career 8. Delights and Troubles: Becoming an Adult 9. The Full Plate Stage: Entering the Thirties 10. Values and Vocations: The Mission of Achievement 11. What Really Happens to High School Valedictorians? Resources: Note to Researchers and Descriptive Tables.