Towards a brighter tomorrow : the college barriers, hopes and plans of Black, Latino/a and Asian American students in California / edited by Walter R. Allen, Erin Kimura-Walsh, Kimberly A. Griffin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Walter Recharde, editor.

Kimura-Walsh, Erin, editor.

Griffin, Kimberly A., editor.

Series:

Research on African American education.

Research on African American education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College preparation programs--United States.

College preparation programs.

Minorities--Education (Secondary)--United States.

Minorities.

Youth with social disabilities--Education--United States.

Youth with social disabilities.

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Physical Description:

xviii, 366 p.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : IAP, Informaiton Age Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book aims to develop a clearer understanding of the influence of social dynamics on the educational opportunities of high school students of color in the urban setting of California's Los Angeles area. Specifically, we examine how students' backgrounds, high school experiences and own agency shape their college preparation processes and postsecondary aspirations. While some research has been done on high school students' college-choice process, this book is unique in its broad and comparative approach. It examines the experiences of students across 10 schools, identifying broad themes that are illustrated through specific case studies. This approach allows readers to understand the broader issues that face students from underserved backgrounds as they pursue college, while illuminating how these issues uniquely manifest hemselves in individual school contexts.

Contents:

Foreword / Beverly Daniel Tatum

Introduction: Understanding College Access and Opportunity for Black and Latina/o Students in California

Chapter 1. The choices project: Methodology / Walter R. Allen, Ophella C. Dano, and Eden Brauer

Part I. School resources

Chapter 2. Working with what you have: College preparation at a low resourced high school / Kimberly A. Griffin and Mindelyn Buford

Chapter 3. More than what money can buy: Students' experiences with race and resource allocation at a well resourced high school / Kimberly A. Griffin and Erin Kimura-Walsh

Chapter 4. Helping students help themselves?: The paradox of high expectations and low resources at an urban magnet high school / Gloria González

Part II. Racial dynamics

Chapter 5. Structuring opportunity: Tracking students at a single-track high school / Michael Knox

Chapter 6. Systems of support: Home and school contexts of asian and Latina/o high school students / Joshua S. Yang

Chapter 7. "you're the scholar

please, let me be one, too": How race shapes access to institutional resources at a predominantly black and Latina/o school;faustina m. Ducros

Part III. Intersection of race and class

Chapter 8. Southeast asian educational mobility: Ethnicity, social capital, and the pursuit of higher education / Robert T. Teranishi and Tu-Lien Kim Nguyen

Chapter 9. Bridges or barriers?: The influence of family background, finances, peers, high school and outreach programs on Latina/o students' college preparatory process / Erin Kimura-Walsh

Chapter 10. From suburban to urban: The influence of busing policy on the educational context and student outcomes of a suburban high school / Kimberly A. White-Smith

Chapter 11. When cultures clash: Transposing a college-going culture in an urban school / Bryan A. Brown, Cheryl A. Brown, and Uma M. Jayakumar

Part IV. Promising practices

Chapter 12. Avid: Providing a different atmosphere to promote college access / Ray Franke, Jaime Rodriguez, Rican Vue, and Maria Woodruff

Chapter 13. Maintaining culture and community: The quest for academic success at superior high school / Tyrone C. Howard and Raina Dyer-Barr

Chapter 14. Conclusions and implications. Afterword / Gary Orfield.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-25873-7

9786612258732

1-60752-275-6