| Description |
1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Contents |
BARRIERS FACED BY HISPANIC STUDENTS TRANSFERRING FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO UNIVERSITY: An Ethnographic Approach -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Lists -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: An Ethnographic Approach to Barriers to Transferring Hispanic Students -- Chapter One: Literature on Barriers to Transfer -- Chapter Two: Fipse Project Strategies -- Chapter Three: The Ethnographic Method -- Chapter Four: Fipse Student Case Studies -- Chapter Five: Classroom Observations of Transfer Barriers -- Chapter Six: Suggestive Recommendations for Policy and Practice -- Chapter Seven: Recommendations for Future Research -- Appendix: Course Syllabus: "Cultural Studies" -- The Genealogy Project -- Endnotes -- References |
| Summary |
A careful analysis compiled from six case studies of factors that impede educational success among Hispanic high school graduates going on to college. For the first time in this collected volume of six case studies, scholars will be able to find out the subjective reasons why Hispanic students drop out of college at a higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group. Filled with qualitative and quantitative analysis, this text provides evidence and gives a brief, but narrow entranceway into the lives of Hispanic college students. Whether or not community college is the right path to take for s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hispanic American college students.
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Students, Transfer of -- United States
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Community college students -- United States.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Community college students
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Hispanic American college students
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Students, Transfer of
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Education.
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Social Sciences.
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Education, Special Topics.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Garcia, Victor
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| LC no. |
2012030261 |
| ISBN |
9780773429697 |
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0773429697 |
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