Resilient spirits : disadvantaged students making it at an elite university / Latty Lee Goodwin.
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TextSeries: Studies in higher education, dissertation seriesPublisher: New York ; London : Routledge, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781317849537
- 1317849531
- 0415933846
- 9780415933841
- Disadvantaged students making it at an elite university
- University of the State of New York. Higher Education Opportunity Program
- University of the State of New York. Higher Education Opportunity Program
- Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- New York (State) -- Case studies
- Immigrants -- Education (Higher) -- New York (State) -- Case studies
- Academic achievement -- New York (State) -- Case studies
- College choice -- New York (State) -- Case studies
- EDUCATION -- Higher
- Academic achievement
- College choice
- Immigrants -- Education (Higher)
- Minorities -- Education (Higher)
- New York (State)
- 378.1/9829 23
- LC3732.N5 G66 2016
Originally published 2002 by RoutledgeFalmer.
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 12, 2016).
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 THE HEOP STUDENTS: Life Histories of Searching for the Dream; CHAPTER 3 STRUCTURED EXPECTATIONS: Precollege Academic and Social Experiences; CHAPTER 4 ACADEMICS AT IVY UNIVERSITY: Becoming College Students; CHAPTER 5 SEARCHING FOR "A HOME OF MY OWN": The Use of Time and Space; CHAPTER 6 PEER RELATIONSHIPS: Building Bonds and Trust; CHAPTER 7 GOOD ENOUGH: Becoming Agents for Success; CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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