1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462275503321

Autore

Fleming Jacqueline <1947->

Titolo

Enhancing minority student retention and academic performance [[electronic resource] ] : what we can learn from program evaluations / / Jacqueline Fleming

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, 2012

ISBN

1-118-21869-8

1-280-67390-7

9786613650832

1-118-21867-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series

Classificazione

EDU015000

Disciplina

378.1/6913

Soggetti

College dropouts - Prevention

Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States

Educational evaluation - 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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Setting the stage : as they enter higher education -- pt. 2. Programs in math, science, and engineering -- pt. 3. Programs at minority-serving universities -- pt. 4. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career. This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing academic performance among minority students and includes models of evaluations that describe successful programs that use statistical methods to verify outcomes"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798155703321

Autore

Sivan Hagith <1949->

Titolo

Galla Placidia : the last Roman empress / / Hagith Sivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-19-970242-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Women in Antiquity

Disciplina

937/.09092

Soggetti

Empresses - Rome

Rome History Valentinian III, 425-455

Rome History Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries

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

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A Wedding in Gaul (414); 2. Funerals in Barcelona (414-416); 3. The Making of an Empress (417-425); 4. Restoration and Rehabilitation (425-431); 5. A Bride, a Book, and a Pope (437-438); 6. Between Rome and Ravenna (438-450); 7. Conclusion; Appendixes; A. Maps: Galla's Life in Cartography; B. Time Line; C. Family Tree; D. Images; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Even by the standards of royalty in antiquity the life of Galla Placidia (c. 390-450 CE) seems an aberration. Daughter, granddaughter, and sister of Roman emperors, wife of a Gothic chieftain and of a Roman general, and mother of a Roman emperor and of Attila's would be bride, Galla's adventures reflect the vicissitudes of the late Roman Empire itself. This new biography incorporates and advances current approaches to the study of late antiquity in general and of women in particular.