Taming the river : negotiating the academic, financial, and social currents in selective colleges and universities /

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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Weitere Verfasser: Charles, Camille Zubrinsky, 1965-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton : Princeton University Press ©2009.
Online-Zugang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7tbb2
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.