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Autore: |
Zasloff Beth
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Titolo: |
Hold Fast to Dreams [[electronic resource] ] : A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : New Press, The, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina: | 371.4097471 |
Soggetto topico: | Academic achievement -- United States |
College choice -- United States | |
Educational counseling -- New York (State) --New York -- Case studies | |
High school students --New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews | |
Minority students -- Counseling of -- United States | |
Student aspirations -- New York (State) --New York -- Case studies | |
Educational counseling - Counseling of - New York - New York (State) | |
High school students - New York (State) - New York | |
Student aspirations - New York - New York (State) | |
Minority students - United States | |
College choice - United States | |
Academic achievement - United States | |
Education | |
Social Sciences | |
Theory & Practice of Education | |
Altri autori: |
SteckelJoshua
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Authors' Note; 1. Riding Backward: Nkese and Dwight; 2. With Whom Do You Make Your Permanent Home? Mike and Abby; 3. Take the Brooklyn Out of You: Nkese and Dwight; 4. Someone to Step Up and Pave the Way: Ashley; 5. Away from the Madness: Mike and Abby; 6. Do You Know What It's Like to Live My Life? Kennetta, Angie, and Rafael; 7. Finding the Best Fit: Ashley; 8. Forward Movement: Nkese and Dwight; 9. Room to Grow: Mike and Abby; 10. Undocumented American Dream: Aicha and Santiago; 11. Let's Change Lives: Kennetta, Angie, and Rafael |
12. The Will to Aspire: Aicha and SantiagoConclusion: College Material; A Note to My Students; Acknowledgments; Notes | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Since Joshua Steckel began work at a Brooklyn public high school as its first-ever college guidance counselor, every one of the hundreds of graduates he has counseled has been accepted to college, many to top-flight schools with all expenses paid. But getting in is only one small part of the drama of his students' stories. In a riveting work of narrative nonfiction-winner of a Studs and Ida Terkel award-Hold Fast to Dreams follows the lives of ten of Josh's students as they navigate the vast and obstacle-ridden landscape of college in America, where students for whom the stakes of |
Titolo autorizzato: | Hold Fast to Dreams ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-59558-928-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910787728903321 |
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