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An American imperative : accelerating minority educational advancement
- Title
- An American imperative : accelerating minority educational advancement / L. Scott Miller.
- Author
- Miller, L. Scott.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1995.
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Details
- Description
- xx, 393 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Closing the large educational gaps that exist between the majority population and several minority groups is increasingly important, owing to America's rapidly growing racial and ethnic diversity and the rising skill demands of our technological era. This book examines variations in minority and majority educational patterns, assesses underlying causes, and offers recommendations for increasing the rate of minority educational progress. L. Scott Miller argues that group educational advancement is an intergenerational process shaped by a complex interplay of economic, social, cultural, and institutional factors over time. The current generation of minority and majority students has very different amounts and mixes of home, school, and community resources to draw on, owing to divergent historical experiences and contemporary circumstances. A large-scale, long-term national effort is proposed to ensure that minorities reach educational parity with the majority as soon as possible.
- Subjects
- USA
- United States
- Succès scolaire > États-Unis > Aspect social
- Minorités > Éducation > États-Unis
- Pluralisme (sciences sociales) > États-Unis
- Right to education > United States
- Cultural pluralism > United States
- Minorities > Education > Social aspects > United States
- Academic achievement > Social aspects > United States
- Minderheden
- Studieresultaten
- Evaluation
- Bildungswesen
- Erziehung
- Nationale Minderheit
- Bildung
- Chancengleichheit
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Society's interest in the educational advancement of minorities -- Trends in majority and minority educational attainment -- Majority and minority educational achievement trends -- Opportunity, resources, and intergenerational advancement -- Educational achievement and socioeconomic status -- An analysis of academic achievement patterns: race/ethnicity and social class -- Standard social class categories and the mismeasurement of education-relevant resources -- The origins, evolution, and contemporary dimensions of racial/ethnic prejudice -- The educational impact of racial/ethnic prejudice and discrimination -- Education-relevant cultural differences associated with race/ethnicity and social class -- Estimating current school and family resource variations -- Principles and recommendations for action -- A nation-building, region-building rationale for accelerating the educational advancement of minorities.
- ISBN
- 0300057938
- 9780300057935
- 0300072791
- 9780300072792
- LCCN
- 94031669
- OCLC
- ocm30895136
- 30895136
- SCSB-2053572
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library