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

• Autore: Zasloff Beth
• 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
• 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