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Title Expanding opportunity in higher education : leveraging promise / edited by Patricia Gándara, Gary Orfield, Catherine Horn
Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : illustrations, map
Series SUNY series, frontiers in education
SUNY series, frontiers in education.
Contents California opportunity indicators / Jeannie Oakes, Julie A. Mendoza, and David Silver -- Lowering barriers to college access / 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 / Catherine L. Horn and Patricia Marin -- The effectiveness of the transfer path for educationally disadvantaged students / Stephen J. Handel, Margaret Heisel, and Barbara A. Hoblitzell -- A strengthened community college role in teacher preparation / Nancy Shulock and Colleen Moore -- The educational pipeline and the future professorate / Jorge Chapa -- Access in California higher education / Bruce D. Hamlett
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Discrimination in higher education -- California
Universities and colleges -- California -- Admission
African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- California
Hispanic Americans -- Education (Higher) -- California
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
African Americans -- Education (Higher)
Discrimination in higher education
Hispanic Americans -- Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges -- Admission
California
Form Electronic book
Author Gandara, Patricia C.
Orfield, Gary.
Horn, Catherine L.
LC no. 2005030809
ISBN 1429413603
9781429413602
0791468631
9780791468647
9780791468630
079146864X
0791481239
9780791481233