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Author Conrad, Clifton, author

Title Educating a diverse nation : lessons from minority-serving institutions / Clifton Conrad & Marybeth Gasman
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 295 pages)
Contents Introduction : learning from minority-serving institutions about cultivating student success -- The challenge of educating a diverse America -- Minority-serving institutions : educating diverse students for a diverse world -- Tribal colleges and universities : culturally responsive places -- Hispanic-serving institutions : designing pathways for student success -- Historically black colleges and universities : it's all in the family -- Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions : pathways to and through college -- Practices for educating a diverse America -- Conclusion : a college education for a diverse nation
Summary In an increasingly diverse United States, minority and low-income students of all ages struggle to fit into mainstream colleges and universities that cater predominantly to middle-income and affluent white students fresh out of high school. Anchored in a study conducted at twelve minority-serving institutions (MSIs), Educating a Diverse Nation turns a spotlight on the challenges facing nontraditional college students and highlights innovative programs and practices that are advancing students' persistence and learning. Clifton Conrad and Marybeth Gasman offer an on-the-ground perspective of life at MSIs. Speaking for themselves, some students describe the stress of balancing tuition with the need to support families. Others express their concerns about not being adequately prepared for college-level work. And more than a few reveal doubts about the relevance of college for their future. The authors visited the four main types of MSIs--historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander--serving institutions--to identify strategies for empowering nontraditional students to succeed in college despite these obstacles. Educating a Diverse Nation illuminates such initiatives as collaborative learning, culturally relevant educational programs, blurring the roles of faculty, staff, and students, peer-led team learning, and real-world problem solving. It shows how these innovations engage students and foster the knowledge, skills, and habits they need to become self-sustaining in college and beyond, as well as valuable contributors to society.--Amazon.com
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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In Title is part of the collection: De Gruyter Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility
Subject Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States
Culturally relevant pedagogy -- United States
Academic achievement -- United States
EDUCATION -- Higher.
EDUCATION -- Multicultural Education.
Academic achievement
Culturally relevant pedagogy
Minorities -- Education (Higher)
United States
Genre/Form Online-Ressource.
Form Electronic book
Author Gasman, Marybeth, author.
LC no. 2014026472
ISBN 9780674425477
0674425472
0674425499
9780674425491