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Overcoming the Odds : Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women.
Title:
Overcoming the Odds : Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women.
Author:
Hrabowski, Freeman A.
ISBN:
9780198029205
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (455 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Successful African American Young Women and Their Families -- 2 Mothers of Academically Successful Daughters -- 3 Fathers of Academically Successful Daughters -- 4 A Diversity of Family Contexts -- 5 Parenting and Educating for Success in Math and Science -- 6 Becoming a Black Woman -- 7 Raising Successful African American Young Women -- Appendix A: Overview of Study Procedure -- Appendix B: Minority Student Development Programs -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Despite many obstacles, some African-American women are performing at exceptional levels academically. This interview-based book provides information about how and why they have succeeded - what motivates these women and how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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