Increasing Access to College
Extending Possibilities for All Students
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
256 pages
978-0-7914-8865-2 (ISBN)
Description
Focuses on pre-college enrichment programs as a solution to the problem of minority and low-income student access to postsecondary education.
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William G. Tierney | Linda Serra Hagedorn
Increasing Access to College
Extending Possibilities for All Students
Book
03/2002
State University of New York Press
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William G. Tierney | Linda Serra Hagedorn
Increasing Access to College
Extending Possibilities for All Students
Book
03/2002
State University of New York Press
€34.00
Shipment within 10-20 days
Persons
William G. Tierney is Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. He is the editor of Faculty Work in Schools of Education: Rethinking Roles and Rewards for the Twenty-first Century, also published by SUNY Press. Also at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, Linda Serra Hagedorn is Associate Professor of Education and Program Chair, Community College Leadership.
Content
Introduction
Linda Serra Hagedorn and William G. Tierney
Part I. The Landscape of College Access
1. Pre-College Outreach Programs: A National Perspective
Watson Scott Swail and Laura W. Perna
2. The Relationship between Urbanicity and Educational Outcomes
Clifford Adelman
3. A Theoretical and Practical View of Student Adjustment and Academic Achievement
Amaury Nora
Part II. The Real World of College Preparation Programs
4. Meeting Common Goals: Linking K-12 and College Interventions
Patricia Gándara
5. The Social Construction of College Access: Confronting the Technical, Cultural, and Political Barriers to Low-Income Students of Color
Jeannie Oakes, John Rogers, Martin Lipton, and Ernest Morrell
6. (In)(Di)Visible Identities of Youth: College Preparation Programs from a Feminist Standpoint
Michelle G. Knight and Heather A. Oesterreich
7. Partners for Preparation: Redistributing Social and Cultural Capital
Susan Yonezawa, Makeba Jones, and Hugh Mehan
Part III. Suggestions and Policy for the Future
8. Making School to College Programs Work: Academics, Goals, and Aspirations
Linda Serra Hagedorn and Shereen Fogel
9. Parental Guidance Suggested: Family Involvement in College Preparation Programs
Alexander Jun and Julia Colyar
10. Reflective Evaluation: Improving Practice in College Preparation Programs
William G. Tierney
About the Contributors
Index
Linda Serra Hagedorn and William G. Tierney
Part I. The Landscape of College Access
1. Pre-College Outreach Programs: A National Perspective
Watson Scott Swail and Laura W. Perna
2. The Relationship between Urbanicity and Educational Outcomes
Clifford Adelman
3. A Theoretical and Practical View of Student Adjustment and Academic Achievement
Amaury Nora
Part II. The Real World of College Preparation Programs
4. Meeting Common Goals: Linking K-12 and College Interventions
Patricia Gándara
5. The Social Construction of College Access: Confronting the Technical, Cultural, and Political Barriers to Low-Income Students of Color
Jeannie Oakes, John Rogers, Martin Lipton, and Ernest Morrell
6. (In)(Di)Visible Identities of Youth: College Preparation Programs from a Feminist Standpoint
Michelle G. Knight and Heather A. Oesterreich
7. Partners for Preparation: Redistributing Social and Cultural Capital
Susan Yonezawa, Makeba Jones, and Hugh Mehan
Part III. Suggestions and Policy for the Future
8. Making School to College Programs Work: Academics, Goals, and Aspirations
Linda Serra Hagedorn and Shereen Fogel
9. Parental Guidance Suggested: Family Involvement in College Preparation Programs
Alexander Jun and Julia Colyar
10. Reflective Evaluation: Improving Practice in College Preparation Programs
William G. Tierney
About the Contributors
Index
