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Latino immigrant youth and interrupted schooling : dropouts, dreamers and alternative pathways to college / Marguerite Lukes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lukes, Marguerite, author.
- Series:
- Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 100.
- Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 100
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic American youth--Education--United States.
- Hispanic American youth.
- Hispanic American youth--Social conditions.
- Immigrants--Education--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
- Immigrants--Education.
- Hispanic American youth--Education.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- Immigrants--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 207 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Understanding Dropouts: Math and History 22
- 3 Pre-Migration Educational 'Choices': Interrupted Education in Context 47
- 4 Immigrant Youth Entering the Us 72
- 5 Pushouts, Shutouts and Holdouts: Entering Exiting and Evading High School in the US 91
- 6 Hard and Soft Skills: Academic Skills, English and Social Capital Among Migrant Youth 116
- 7 The Road Ahead for Young Adult Migrants: Institutional Dilemmas, Nagging Questions and Open Doors 142.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-203) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783093434
- 1783093439
- 9781783093427
- 1783093420
- OCLC:
- 895728849
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