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Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities
Camille Z. Charles
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Description for Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Building on their important findings in The Source of the River, the authors now probe even more deeply into minority underachievement at the college level. Taming the River examines the academic and social dynamics of different ethnic groups during the first two years of college. Focusing on racial differences in academic performance, the book identifies the causes of students' divergent grades and levels of personal satisfaction with their institutions. Using survey data collected from twenty-eight selective colleges and universities, Taming the River considers all facets of student life, including who students date, what fields they major in, which sports they ... Read more
Building on their important findings in The Source of the River, the authors now probe even more deeply into minority underachievement at the college level. Taming the River examines the academic and social dynamics of different ethnic groups during the first two years of college. Focusing on racial differences in academic performance, the book identifies the causes of students' divergent grades and levels of personal satisfaction with their institutions. Using survey data collected from twenty-eight selective colleges and universities, Taming the River considers all facets of student life, including who students date, what fields they major in, which sports they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691171142
SKU
V9780691171142
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About Camille Z. Charles
Camille Z. Charles is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences, and professor of sociology, education, and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary J. Fischer is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. Margarita A. Mooney is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Douglas ... Read more
Reviews for Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities
"An insightful study of scholastic performance and ethnicity on US campuses... The increasing relative underperformance of US higher education, and especially the variations in academic achievement and persistence between students from different ethnic and socio-economic groups, has recently spawned a plethora of scholarly studies. This book is one of the most important."
Roger Brown, Times Higher Education "Fascinating and important for ... Read more
Roger Brown, Times Higher Education "Fascinating and important for ... Read more