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Title:

Expanding opportunity in higher education : leveraging promise / edited by Patricia Gándara, Gary Orfield, Catherine Horn.

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xi, 302 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Discrimination in higher education--California.
Universities and colleges--California--Admission.
African Americans--Education (Higher)--California.
Hispanic Americans--Education (Higher)--California.

Other Authors:

Gandara, Patricia C.
Orfield, Gary.
Horn, Catherine L.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

California opportunity indicators / Jeannie Oakes, Julie A. Mendoza, and David Silver -- Lowering barriers to college access / Brian K. Fitzgerald -- The role of advanced placement and honors courses in college admissions / Saul Geiser and Veronica Santelices -- K-12 and the pipeline to higher education / Charles A. Ratliff -- Measuring the state of equity in public higher education / Estela Mara Bensimon, Lan Hao, and Leticia Tomas Bustillos -- Reaping the benefits of Grutter / Catherine L. Horn and Patricia Marin -- The effectiveness of the transfer path for educationally disadvantaged students / Stephen J. Handel, Margaret Heisel, and Barbara A. Hoblitzell -- A strengthened community college role in teacher preparation / Nancy Shulock and Colleen Moore -- The educational pipeline and the future professorate / Jorge Chapa -- Access in California higher education / Bruce D. Hamlett.

Series:

SUNY series, frontiers in education

ISBN:

9780791468647
9780791468630
9780791468647 (pbk. : alk. paper)
079146864X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791468630 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791468631 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62179158

LCCN:

2005030809

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)