Standing outside on the inside : black adolescents and the construction of academic identity /
This book presents the results of a longitudinal study of academic achievement and pre-college enrichment of disadvantaged African American adolescents in two inner-city high schools. Through its presentation and analysis of the student's perceptions of pre-college enrichment seen in relation t...
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Albany, N.Y. :
State University of New York Press,
c1997.
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| Series: | SUNY series, social context of education.
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| Online Access: | Book review (Education Review) |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Education and Equal Opportunity: The Failed Promise
- 2. Precollege Enrichment for African American Adolescents and the Construction of Achievement Identities: Is There a Relationship?
- 3. The Lana Turner Syndrome: A Reassessment of African American Achievement and the Dream Deferred
- 4. Diffusing the Rumors of Inferiority: Creating a Climate of Excellence for Inner-City, College-Bound Students
- 5. Equal Access to Excellence: Shifting the Center and Reconstructing Knowledge.