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Book Title
Giants Among Us
Publication Name
Giants Among Us : First-Generation College Graduates Who Lead Activist Lives
Title
Giants Among Us
Subtitle
First-generation College Graduates Who Lead Activist Lives
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9780826513922
ISBN
9780826513922
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Genre
Society & Culture
Topic
Children's Learning & Education
Release Date
28/02/2001
Release Year
2001
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
230mm
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Author
Sandria Rodriguez
Publication Year
2001
Series
Vanderbilt Issues in Higher Education Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
280 Pages

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How do children from undereducated and impoverished backgrounds get to college? What are the influences that lead them to overcome their socioeconomic disadvantages and sometimes the disapproval of families and friends to succeed in college? These are the basic questions Sandria Rodriguez posed to seventeen first-generation college graduates, and their compelling life stories make important contributions to what little is known about this phenomenon. The daughter of parents who didn't finish elementary school, Rodriguez uses many examples from her own life in the course of examining the participants' experiences before, during, and after college that directed them toward social or educational activism. Together, the seventeen represent a wide range of diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, age, geographical area of childhood, and profession. Twelve of the seventeen hold advanced degrees, all are working professionals, and all come from families who were poor. Jerry, the son of German immigrants, owns an engineering company in Chicago; Chang, a native of China, is the first from his village to go to college; Grant, a sharecropper's son, is a lawyer with a nationally prominent law firm in Washington, D.C., and patron of fine arts; Arlene, a Mohawk Indian, is a storyteller and social activist; Alex, from Spanish Harlem, is an elementary school principal. The book is divided into four parts. In the first two chapters, we meet the participants. In the three chapters that follow, Rodriguez examines how the participants as children perceived themselves within their families, schools, and communities. Chapters four and five focus on the campus life and the participants' activist experiences. Finally, chapter six offers recommendations for mentoring disadvantaged children, so that they can successfully "switch the track" and aim for something better. Giants Among Us is an essential resource for college administrators, faculty, counselors, and student support-services staff--as well as K-12 educators--concerned with preparing, retaining and mentoring first-generation students.

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Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN-10
0826513921
ISBN-13
9780826513922
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1924075

Product Key Features

Author
Sandria Rodriguez
Publication Name
Giants Among Us : First-Generation College Graduates Who Lead Activist Lives
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Series
Vanderbilt Issues in Higher Education Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
280 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Lc4069.6.R63 2002
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Table of Content
Preface Acknowledgments 1 Freedom's Genesis Motivation, Means, and Method: Studying Educational Attainment 2 The Economics of Oppression In Their Words: Stories of First-Generation College-Graduate Activists 3 Building a Rock Foundation Family, School, Community: Vehicles to Realized Potential 4 One Heart, One Love Access, Success, Egress: The Collegiate Experience 5 My Job Description Paying Back: A Sampler 6 Eyes Ahead of Us and Eyes Behind In Pursuit of Happiness References Index
Copyright Date
2001
Topic
Political Process / Political Advocacy, Higher
Lccn
2001-004324
Dewey Decimal
378.1/6912/0922
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Education, Political Science

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