Expanding opportunity in higher education leveraging promise / edited by Patricia Gandara, Gary Orfield, Catherine Horn.

Other author Gandara, Patricia C.
Other author Orfield, Gary.
Other author Horn, Catherine L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press,
Descriptionxi, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesSUNY series, frontiers in education
Contents Introduction: creating a 21st-cetury vision of access and qquity in higher education / Patricia Gandara and Gary Orfield -- California opportunity indicators: informing and monitoring California's progress toward equitable college access / Jeannie Oakes, Julie Mendoza, and David Silver -- Lowering barriers to college access: opportunities for more effective coordination of state and drderal student aid policies / Brian K. Fitzgerald -- The role of advanced placement and honors courses in college admissions / Saul Geiser and Veronica Santelices -- K-12 and the pipeline to higher education / Charles A. Ratliff -- Measuring the state of equity in public higher education / Estela Mara Bensimon, Lan Hao, and Leticia Tomas Bustillos -- Reaping the benefits of grutter: college admissions and racial/ethnic diversity / The effectiveness of the transfer path for educationally disadvantaged students : California as a case study in the development of a dual admissions program / Stephen J. Handel, Margaret Heisel, and Barbara A. Hoblitzell -- A strengthened community college role in teacher preparation : improving outcomes for California's minority students / Nancy Shulock and Colleen Moore -- The educational pipeline and the future Professorate: who will teach California's and the nation's Latino and African American college students? / Jorge Chapa -- Access in California higher education: the promise and the performance / Bruce Hamlett.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2005030809
ISBN0791468631 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780791468647 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780791468630 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN079146864X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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