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Educating a Diverse Nation : Lessons from Minority-Serving Institutions / Clifton Conrad.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674736801
  • 9780674425477
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/9820973 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Learning from Minority- Serving Institutions about Cultivating Student Success -- 1. The Challenge of Educating a Diverse America -- 2. Minority- Serving Institutions: Educating Diverse Students for a Diverse World -- 3. Tribal Colleges and Universities: Culturally Responsive Places -- 4. Hispanic- Serving Institutions: Designing Pathways for Student Success -- 5. Historically Black Colleges and Universities: It's All in the Family -- 6. Asian American and Native American Pacifi c Islander- Serving Institutions: Pathways to and through College -- 7. Practices for Educating a Diverse America -- Conclusion: A College Education for a Diverse Nation -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Educating a Diverse Nation turns a spotlight on colleges and universities dedicated to serving minority and low-income students of all ages. It highlights innovative programs that are advancing persistence and learning, and it identifies specific strategies for empowering nontraditional students to succeed despite many obstacles.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Learning from Minority- Serving Institutions about Cultivating Student Success -- 1. The Challenge of Educating a Diverse America -- 2. Minority- Serving Institutions: Educating Diverse Students for a Diverse World -- 3. Tribal Colleges and Universities: Culturally Responsive Places -- 4. Hispanic- Serving Institutions: Designing Pathways for Student Success -- 5. Historically Black Colleges and Universities: It's All in the Family -- 6. Asian American and Native American Pacifi c Islander- Serving Institutions: Pathways to and through College -- 7. Practices for Educating a Diverse America -- Conclusion: A College Education for a Diverse Nation -- Notes -- Index

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Educating a Diverse Nation turns a spotlight on colleges and universities dedicated to serving minority and low-income students of all ages. It highlights innovative programs that are advancing persistence and learning, and it identifies specific strategies for empowering nontraditional students to succeed despite many obstacles.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)