Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Same aspirations, different trajectories -- The contradictory promise of math and active learning -- Left to their own devices -- Coping, hoping, and diverted dreams: women on the road less traveled -- Resilience, despite all: students of color navigating transfer -- Waiting to be seen: more student faces -- Ttempered aspirations -- Momentum trajectories and embedded inequities -- Reducing friction to level the playing field -- Toward equitable access to transfer.
Summary:
"On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways is the first book of its kind to provide a detailed, on-the-ground examination of the difficult paths-curricular, interpersonal, and institutional-that students must chart through community college"-- Provided by publisher.
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