Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Hold Fast to Dreams : A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Zasloff Beth Visualizza persona
Titolo: Hold Fast to Dreams : A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty Visualizza cluster
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  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59558-928-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817458703321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui