Resources, assets, and strengths among successful diverse students
Subtitle: understanding the contributions of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program
By: volume editors; William T. Trent, Edward P. St. John
Series: Readings on equal education -- v. 23; Readings on equal education -- v. 23.
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780404101237
Subjects: Educational equalization; Educational change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Looking for love in all the wrong places : high school racial composition, the implications of strategic recruitment, and becoming a GMS scholar  -- William T. Trent, Dawn Owens Nicholson, and Mary E.M. McKillip; title: Saving grace : a comparative analysis of African American Gates millennium scholars and non-recipients  -- Walter Allen, Alexes Harris, Gniesha Dinwiddie, and Kimberly A. Griffin -- A; title: profile of Hispanic students transitioning to college : the impact of the Gates millennium scholars program  -- Nida Denson, Leticia Oseguera, and Sylvia Hurtado; title: Examining the college opportunities and experiences of talented, low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander Gates millennium scholars and non-recipients : a complex picture of diversity  -- Shirley Hune and Gigi G. Gomez; title: Socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of high-achieving and low-income American Indian and Alaska native college students : the first two years of the Gates Millennium scholars program  -- John W. Tippeconnic and Susan C. Faircloth -- The; title: academic progress of undergraduate and graduate Gates Millennium scholars and non-scholars by race and gender  -- William E. Sedlacek and Hung-Bin Sheu / -- The influence of public funding strategies on college choice : a study of low-income, high-achieving African American students / -- Krystal L. Williams, Shouping Hu, and Edward P. St. John; title: Financial inequality and academic success : rethinking the foundations of research on college students  -- Edward P. St. John; title: Low-income students of color in higher education and the Gates Millennium Scholars program  -- Sylvia Hurtado, Victor B. Saenz and Luciana Dar / -- Achieving the impossible dream : reflections from Gates Scholars / -- Malisa Lee; title: Understanding the contributions of GMS -- Edward P. St. John and William T. Trent.