Latino change agents in higher education
Subtitle: shaping a system that works for all
By: Leonard A. Valverde and associates
Edition: 1st ed
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780787995959
Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- Education (Higher); Latin Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States; Educational change -- United States; Educational equalization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-243) and index
Table of contents: title: Why the United States can no longer wait to educate its Latino population / Leonard A. Valverde, Baltazar Arispe y Acevedo Jr., and Monte E. Perez; title: Pathways to a better future : reconfiguring the educational context for change / Henry T. Ingle and Yolanda R. Ingle; title: Making an all-in-one K-16 system work / Gloria Ann Lopez; title: From minority to majority population : new education strategies / Ed Apodaca; title: Recent strategies to increase access and retention / Silas H. Abrego; title: Latino professional associations : advocacy for liberation / Leonard A. Valverde; title: Establishing institutions of higher education that serve Latinos / Monte E. Perez; title: The stakes keep going up : sustaining Latino communities / Baltazar Arispe y Acevedo Jr.; title: Old promises, contemporary goals, and future dreams : time for a bold plan / Manuel N. Gomez; title: Where Latinos go to college matters / Roberto Haro; title: Leadership always makes a difference / David Ballesteros; title: Changing paradigms : as society transforms so must higher education / Leonard A. Valverde