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Breaking Through the Access Barrier: How Academic Capital Formation Can Improve Policy in Higher Education book cover

1st Edition

Breaking Through the Access Barrier How Academic Capital Formation Can Improve Policy in Higher Education

By Edward P. St. John, Shouping Hu, Amy S. Fisher Copyright 2011
296 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Breaking Through the Access Barrier argues that the policies designed to address inequalities in college access are failing to address underlying issues of inequality. This book introduces academic capital formation (ACF), a groundbreaking new theory defined by family knowledge of educational options and the opportunities for pursuing them. The authors suggest focusing on intervention programs... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

Part I. Academic Capital Formation

2. Reframing

3. Family and Community Engagement

4. Academic Preparation

5. College Transitions

6. Engaged Learning

7. College Success and Commitment to Uplift

Part II. Improving Public Policy

8. Academic Capital Formation

9. Informing Public Policy

References

Biography

Edward P. St. John is  Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Michigan.

Shouping Hu is Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University.

Amy S. Fisher is a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, the University of Michigan.

Overall, the book is comprehensive and detailed, providing needed insights into the human aspects of policy implementation, illuminating what interventions mean for students and their families and how deeply inter-related these processes are. This book will certainly be of value for education scholars, sociologists, and others interested in higher education policy.—Teachers College Record

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