This book confronts one of the most enduring and controversial issues in education – the nexus between poverty and underachievement. The topic has become a key contemporary battleground in the struggl
Mark Van Doren, the noted literary scholar, once remarked, «The college is meaningless without a curriculum, but it is more so when it has one that is meaningless.» Many current critics of undergradua
Editor DeVitis (higher education, Old Dominion U.) offers this collection of essays exploring the construction of college curricula, divided into two parts. Part One aims to give a general picture of
In this book Lee (sociology, South Dakota State U.) tells the story of Success Academy, a collaborative effort between Flandreau Indian School and South Dakota State University (SDSU). In 2000, the Am
Picture two very different schools: one, a federal Indian boarding school emphasizing vocational training, where few graduates attend college. The other – its neighbor – an overwhelmingly white, land-
