Taming the River : Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities.

Taming the River : Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Charles, Camille Z.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (315 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Academic achievement --United States. College students --United States --Social conditions. Minorities --Education (Higher) --United States. Academic achievement. College students -- Social conditions. Minorities -- Education (Higher) United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10369808

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Other authors / contributors:	Fischer, Mary J. Mooney, Margarita A. Massey, Douglas S.
ISBN:	9781400830053 87.75 (NL)
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record.
Other form:	Print version: Charles, Camille Z. Taming the River : Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2009 9780691139647

Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Entering the Current
Chapter 2. Staying Afloat Academically
Chapter 3. Staying Afloat Socially
Chapter 4. Staying Afloat Financially
Chapter 5. Battling Social Undercurrents
Chapter 6. The Hidden Rocks of Segregation
Chapter 7. The Shoals of Stereotypes
Chapter 8. The Wake from Affirmative Action
Chapter 9. College at Midstream
Appendix A. Questionnaire Used in Spring of Freshman Year
Appendix B. Questionnaire Used in Spring of Sophomore Year
Appendix C. Construction of Social Scales
References
Index