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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Megan M HollandPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.004kg ISBN: 9780813590264ISBN 10: 0813590264 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 04 February 2019 Recommended Age: From 16 to 99 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsHolland presents a nuanced description of the divergent paths to college that high schools craft for different students. Instead of token efforts, this book provides an insightful analysis of ways to create real college opportunity for students. Applying to college? Know what road to travel interview with Megan Holland--WBFO interview Holland presents a nuanced description of the divergent paths to college that high schools craft for different students. Instead of token efforts, this book provides an insightful analysis of ways to create real college opportunity for students. --James Rosenbaum co-author of Bridging the Gaps: College Pathways to Career Success How Social Capital Affects College Choice, by Peter Monaghan --Chronicle of Higher Education Holland takes us inside two different American high schools to offer a deeply nuanced look at how the focus of scholars and policymakers on individual choice has limited our understanding of how young people negotiate their transitions to higher education. She very skillfully elicits from students the ways that larger social structures and processes work to the benefit of some students while holding others back. The study is well-designed, Holland's interpretations of her data even-handed and persuasive, and Divergent Paths to College is highly and refreshingly readable. --David Bills author of The Sociology of Education and Work Helping disadvantaged students navigate the college selection process mention of Divergent Paths to College --News Ticker In lively, clear, and well-written prose, Holland compellingly argues that students at two high performing, ethnoracially diverse high schools receive varied access to college information. Divergent Paths to College adds a much needed look at the institutional dynamics that affect the cumulative decisions that high schoolers make about whether, where, and when to apply to college. --Lisa M. Nunn author of Defining Student Success: The Role of School and Culture Research outlines inequalities in high school students' college searches by Charles Anzalone mention of Divergent Paths to College--UBNow Applying to college? Know what road to travel interview with Megan Holland--WBFO interview Holland presents a nuanced description of the divergent paths to college that high schools craft for different students. Instead of token efforts, this book provides an insightful analysis of ways to create real college opportunity for students. --James Rosenbaum co-author of Bridging the Gaps: College Pathways to Career Success Holland takes us inside two different American high schools to offer a deeply nuanced look at how the focus of scholars and policymakers on individual choice has limited our understanding of how young people negotiate their transitions to higher education. She very skillfully elicits from students the ways that larger social structures and processes work to the benefit of some students while holding others back. The study is well-designed, Holland's interpretations of her data even-handed and persuasive, and Divergent Paths to College is highly and refreshingly readable. --David Bills author of The Sociology of Education and Work Helping disadvantaged students navigate the college selection process mention of Divergent Paths to College --News Ticker Research outlines inequalities in high school students' college searches by Charles Anzalone mention of Divergent Paths to College--UBNow In lively, clear, and well-written prose, Holland compellingly argues that students at two high performing, ethnoracially diverse high schools receive varied access to college information. Divergent Paths to College adds a much needed look at the institutional dynamics that affect the cumulative decisions that high schoolers make about whether, where, and when to apply to college. --Lisa M. Nunn author of Defining Student Success: The Role of School and Culture Applying to college? Know what road to travel interview with Megan Holland--Lisa M. Nunn WBFO interview Holland presents a nuanced description of the divergent paths to college that high schools craft for different students. Instead of token efforts, this book provides an insightful analysis of ways to create real college opportunity for students. --James Rosenbaum co-author of Bridging the Gaps: College Pathways to Career Success How Social Capital Affects College Choice, by Peter Monaghan --James Rosenbaum Chronicle of Higher Education Helping disadvantaged students navigate the college selection process mention of Divergent Paths to College --David Bills News Ticker Holland takes us inside two different American high schools to offer a deeply nuanced look at how the focus of scholars and policymakers on individual choice has limited our understanding of how young people negotiate their transitions to higher education. She very skillfully elicits from students the ways that larger social structures and processes work to the benefit of some students while holding others back. The study is well-designed, Holland's interpretations of her data even-handed and persuasive, and Divergent Paths to College is highly and refreshingly readable. --David Bills author of The Sociology of Education and Work In lively, clear, and well-written prose, Holland compellingly argues that students at two high performing, ethnoracially diverse high schools receive varied access to college information. Divergent Paths to College adds a much needed look at the institutional dynamics that affect the cumulative decisions that high schoolers make about whether, where, and when to apply to college. --Lisa M. Nunn author of Defining Student Success: The Role of School and Culture Research outlines inequalities in high school students' college searches by Charles Anzalone mention of Divergent Paths to College--Lisa M. Nunn UBNow Applying to college? Know what road to travel interview with Megan Holland--WBFO interview Research outlines inequalities in high school students' college searches by Charles Anzalone mention of Divergent Paths to College--UBNow In lively, clear, and well-written prose, Holland compellingly argues that students at two high performing, ethnoracially diverse high schools receive varied access to college information. Divergent Paths to College adds a much needed look at the institutional dynamics that affect the cumulative decisions that high schoolers make about whether, where, and when to apply to college. --Lisa M. Nunn author of Defining Student Success: The Role of School and Culture Author InformationMEGAN M. HOLLAND is an assistant professor in the department of educational leadership and policy at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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