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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459066003321

Autore

St. John Edward P.

Titolo

Breaking through the access barrier : how academic capital formation can improve policy in higher education / / Edward P. St. John, Shouping Hu, Amy S. Fisher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-95238-1

1-136-95239-X

1-282-93043-5

9786612930430

0-203-84901-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FisherAmy

HuShouping

Disciplina

378.1/982694

Soggetti

Academic achievement - United States

College preparation programs - United States

Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; Part I: Academic Capital Formation; 2 REFRAMING; 3 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; 4 ACADEMIC PREPARATION; 5 COLLEGE TRANSITIONS; 6 ENGAGED LEARNING; 7 COLLEGE SUCCESS AND COMMITMENT TO UPLIFT; Part II: Informing Public Policy; 8 ACADEMIC CAPITAL FORMATION; 9 INFORMING PUBLIC POLICY; APPENDIX 1 FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHOLARS PROGRAM; APPENDIX 2 PREPARATION BY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHOLARS IN THE CLASS OF 2004

APPENDIX 3 ANALYSIS OF COLLEGE DESTINATIONS OF GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARS AND COMPARISON STUDENTSAPPENDIX 4 PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING COMPARING PELL RECIPIENT TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHOLARS WITH OTHER PELL RECIPIENTS; NOTES;



REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Breaking Through the Access Barrier argues that the policies designed to address inequalities in college access are failing to address underlying issues of inequality. This book introduces academic capital formation (ACF), a groundbreaking new theory defined by family knowledge of educational options and the opportunities for pursuing them. The authors suggest focusing on intervention programs and public policy to promote improvement in academic preparation, college information, and student aid. This textbook offers: a new construct-academic capi