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Over the ivy walls : the educational mobility of low-income Chicanos

Title: Over the ivy walls : the educational mobility of low-income Chicanos / Patricia Gándara.
Author: Gandara, Patricia C.
Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.

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Description

xii, 151 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Unique among literature on minority and Chicano academic achievement, Over the Ivy Walls focuses on factors that create academic successes rather than examining school failure. It weaves existing research on academic achievement into an analysis of the lives of 50 low income Chicanos for whom schooling "worked" and became an important vehicle for social mobility. Gandara examines their early home lives, school experiences, and peer relations in search of clues to what "went right."

Series Statement

SUNY series, social context of education

Uniform Title

SUNY series, social context of education.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-145) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The Study -- Home Influences -- Family Stories as Cultural Capital -- Schools and Neighborhoods -- Peers -- Personal Attributes and Individual Differences -- The Women -- Summary and Conclusions -- Lessons for School Reform.

ISBN

0791426092
9780791426098
0791426106
9780791426104
0585043620
9780585043623

LCCN

94038546

OCLC

ocm31377288
31377288
SCSB-8919861

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library