Envisioning Equity:Educating and Graduating Low-income, First-generation, and Minority College Students - Softcover

Angela Provitera McGlynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891859846 ISBN 13: 9781891859847

Publisher: Atwood Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

In Envisioning Equity: Educating and Graduating Low-income, First-generation, and Minority College Students, one of the newest releases from Atwood Publishing, veteran educator and professor emeritus Angela Provitera McGlynn makes a compelling case for the vital necessity of improving and expanding the reach of higher education in the United States. She underlines the importance of this task by powerfully illustrating America s distinct slippage in education as compared to other leading countries on the international scene.

She also addresses solutions, investigating answers to two crucial questions: What can college professors do to promote academic success? And, what can college administrators and public policy makers do to get more students through the educational pipeline to a college degree?

McGlynn argues that America will not reach its goal of educating more young people without graduating more low-income, first-generation to college, and minority college students. Graduating more of this historically underserved population is the right thing to do, both for them as individuals and for our nation as a whole.

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About the Author

Angela Provitera McGlynn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Mercer County Community College, taught more than 13,000 students over the course of her thirty-five year teaching career.  She is the author of several books, most dealing with improving instruction for today's students.  She is also a regular contributor to The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, where she has published more than 120 articles.

Today, she is a national consultant/presenter on teaching and learning issues.  She presents on a variety of topics ranging from effective teaching pedagogies and motivating today's students to promoting critical thinking skills and preventing and managing disruptive classroom behavior.  Additionally, she is a consultant for Transformation Associates, LLC where she conducts professional development training.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atwood Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1891859846
• ISBN 13: 9781891859847
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150