Over the Ivy Walls: The Educational Mobility of Low-Income Chicanos (Social Context Educ (Dis))

Gándara, Patricia

ISBN 10: 0791426106 / ISBN 13: 9780791426104

Published by State University of New York Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Over the Ivy Walls: The Educational Mobility of Low-Income Chicanos (Social Context Educ (Dis))
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791426106
• ISBN 13: 9780791426104
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Explores social factors that lead to academic success for low-income Chicanos.

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. Gándara examines their early home lives, school experiences, and peer relations in search of clues to what "went right."

About the Author

Patricia Gandara is Associate Professor of Education at University of California, Davis.