Publication

1995 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

37,750 words, Guess

Page Count

151 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1152211
  • Goodreads4406145

Classifications

  • DDC371.97/6872073
  • LCCLC2683.6 .G36 1995

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."

Subjects

Series Statement

  • SUNY series, social context of education

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