Over the ivy walls
Subtitle: the educational mobility of low-income Chicanos
By: Patricia Gándara.
Series: SUNY series, social context of education
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Social aspects; Mexican Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Economic aspects; Academic achievement -- United States; Educational sociology -- United States
Description: 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."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-145) and index.