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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gandara, Patricia C.

Orfield, Gary.

Horn, Catherine L.

Series:

SUNY series, frontiers in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in higher education--California.

Discrimination in higher education.

Universities and colleges--California--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

African Americans--Education (Higher)--California.

African Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Education (Higher)--California.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Education (Higher).

African Americans--Education (Higher).

California.

Physical Description:

xi, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2006]

Summary:

The dream of public higher education in America is to provide opportunity for many and to offer transformative help to American communities and the economy. Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education explores the massive challenges facing California and the nation in realizing this goal during a time of enormous demographic change. The immediate focus on California is particularly appropriate given the size of the state-it educates one out of every nine students in the country-and its checkered political record with respect to civil rights and educational inequities. The book includes essays not only by academics looking at the state's educational system as a whole, but also by those within the policy system who are trying to keep it going in difficult times. The contributors show that the destiny of California, and the nation, rests on the courage of policymakers, both within the universities and within the government, to move aggressively to reclaim the hope of millions of students who can make enormous contributions to this society if only given the chance.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791468631

079146864X

OCLC:

62179158

Publisher Number:

9780791468630

9780791468647