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020 _a9781477303702 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a9781477307250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z9781477307267 (library e-book)
020 _z9781477307274 (non-library e-book)
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _aLC2682
_bZ24 2015
082 0 0 _a371.829
245 0 4 _aThe magic key :
_bthe educational journey of Mexican Americans from K-12 to college and beyond /
_cedited by Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c2015.
300 _axxiv, 301 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
505 _aForeword by Patricia GandaraA Personal Narrative by Sally Alonzo Bell, PhDAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart I: Setting the Context1. Locked Doors; Closed Opportunities: Who Holds the Magic Key? (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)2. History's Prism in Education: A Spectrum of Legacies across Centuries of Mexican American Agency; Experience and Activism 1600s-2000s (Victoria-Maria MacDonald and Jason Rivera)3. Trend Analyses from 1971 to 2012 on Mexican American/Chicano Freshmen: Are We Making Progress? (Sylvia Hurtado)Part II: Conceptual Understandings4. An Intersectional Lens: Theorizing an Educational Paradigm of Success (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)5. Parental Educational and Gender Expectations: Pushing the Educational Trajectory (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Rebeca Burciaga)6. Examining the Influence of K-12 School Experiences on the Higher Education Pathway (Ruth Enid Zambrana, Anthony De Jesus, and Brianne A. Davila)Part III: Contemporary College Experiences7. The Ivory Tower Is Still White: Chicana/o-Latina/o College Students' Views on Racism, Ethnic Organizations, and Campus Racial Segregation (Nolan L. Cabrera and Sylvia Hurtado)8. Campus Climate, Intersecting Identities, and Institutional Support among Mexican American College Students (Adriana Ruiz Alvarado and Sylvia Hurtado)Part IV: Implications for Educational Policy and Future Practices in P-16 Pathways and Beyond9. Mexican American Males' Pathways to Higher Education: Awareness to Achievement (Luis Ponjuan and Victor B. Saenz)10. The Role of Educational Policy in Mexican American College Transition and Completion (Frances Contreras)NotesBibliographyContributing AuthorsIndex
520 _aThis much-needed volume provides a comprehensive empirical study of the school experiences of Mexican Americans and those who help them succeed.
650 0 _aMexican Americans
_xEducation.
650 0 _aEducation
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMinorities
_xEducation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in education.
700 1 _aZambrana, Ruth E.,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aHurtado, Sylvia,
_d1957-
_eeditor.
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