Confronting educational inequality
Subtitle: reframing, building understanding, and making change
By: volume editor, Edward P. St. John.
Series: Readings on equal education -- v. 22
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780404101220
Subjects: Educational equalization -- United States; Educational change -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1:; title: Reframing.  The; title: cultural ecology of financial aid decision making -- William G. Tierney and Kristan Venegas; title: Seeing more of the educational inequities around us : visions toward strengthening relationships between higher education and society -- Penny A. Pasque; title: Student's voices and graduate school choices : the role of finances in the lives of low-income, high-achieving students of color -- Edward P. St. John -- Part 2:; title: Building understanding.; title: Improving educational opportunities for college students who work -- Laura W. Perna, Michelle Asha Cooper, and Chunyan Li; title: Seeking equal educational opportunity : desegregation of higher education and the TOPS scholarship program in Louisiana -- Masamichi Inoue and Terry G. Geske; title: State valuation of higher education : an examination of possible explanations for privatization -- Amy S. Fisher; title: High school guidance counselors as reproductive forces in the lives of African American students : a study of a Georgia high school -- Ontario S. Wooden -- Part 3:; title: Making Change.; title: Activist research, post-Katrina : one tool for renewal? -- Luis Mirón; title: Professional development in student affairs : from learning about diversity to building just communities -- Kimberley Kline; title: School reform, scholarship guarantees, and the college enrollment : a study of the Washington State achievers program -- Edward P. St. John and Shouping Hu -- Part 4: Conclusions.; title: Confronting education inequality : lessons learned -- Edward P. St. John.