Increasing access to college : extending possibilities for all students / edited by William G. Tierney and Linda Serra Hagedorn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pre-college outreach programs: a national perspective / Watson Scott Swail and Laura W. Perna -- The relationship between urbanicity and educational outcomes / Clifford Adelman -- A theoretical and practical view of student adjustment and academic achievement / Amaury Nora -- Meeting common goals: linking K-12 and college interventions / Patricia Gandara -- The social construction of college access: confronting the technical, cultural, and political barriers to low-income students of color / Jeannie Oakes [and others] -- (In)(di)visible identities of youth: college preparation programs from a feminist standpoint / Michelle G. Knight and Heather A. Oesterreich -- Partners for preparation: redistributing social and cultural capital / Susan Yonezawa, Makeba Jones, and Hugh Mehan -- Making school to college programs work: academics, goals, and aspirations / Linda Serra Hagedorn and Shereen Fogel -- Parental guidance suggested: family involvement in college preparation programs / Alexander Jun and Julia Colyar -- Reflective evaluation: improving practice in college preparation programs / William G. Tierney.

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Annotation At a time when college enrollment rates for low income and under-represented students are far below those of non-minority students, policies and practices designed to increase access should be a priority for colleges, universities, high schools, and community agencies. Increasing Access to College examines pre-college enrichment programs that offer a specific and immediate remedy. Book jacket.

English.

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