02436nam 2200517 a 450 991078302180332120230913224330.01-4384-0377-1(CKB)1000000000005871(MiAaPQ)EBC3406958(Au-PeEL)EBL3406958(CaPaEBR)ebr10021843(OCoLC)923397447(EXLCZ)99100000000000587119941003d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOver the ivy walls the educational mobility of low-income Chicanos /Patricia GándaraAlbany :State University of New York Press,1995.1 online resource (166 pages)SUNY series, social context of education0-7914-2610-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-145) and index.Introduction The Study Home Influences Family Stories as Cultural Capital Schools and Neighborhoods Peers Personal Attributes and Individual Differences The Women Summary and Conclusions Lessons for School ReformUnique among literature on minority and Chicano academic achievement, Over the Ivy Walls focuses on factors that create academic successes rather than examining school failure. It weaves existing research on academic achievement into an analysis of the lives of 50 low income Chicanos for whom schooling "worked" and became an important vehicle for social mobility. Gandara examines their early home lives, school experiences, and peer relations in search of clues to what "went right."SUNY series, social context of education.Mexican AmericansEducation (Higher)Social aspectsMexican AmericansEducation (Higher)Economic aspectsAcademic achievementUnited StatesEducational sociologyUnited StatesMexican AmericansEducation (Higher)Social aspects.Mexican AmericansEducation (Higher)Economic aspects.Academic achievementEducational sociology371.97/6872073Gándara Patricia C1086058MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783021803321Over the ivy walls3756256UNINA