Curry, Jennifer R.

African American Students' Career and College Readiness : The Journey Unraveled. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (379 pages) - Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century Series . - Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Chapter 1 African Americans and Career and College Readiness -- Chapter 2 Education and Race Case Law and Legislation -- Chapter 3 Making a Way Out of No Way -- Chapter 4 Holland Codes and STEM Careers -- Chapter 5 Talent Development as Career Development and College Readiness in Gifted African American Youth -- Chapter 6 Rigor, Course Choice, and Educational Excellence -- Chapter 7 Supporting the Transition of African American Students with Specific Learning Disabilities into Post-secondary Education -- Chapter 8 African Americans Students and Financial Literacy -- Chapter 9 Employability Skills and Career Development -- Chapter 10 African American First- Generation College Students -- Chapter 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities -- Chapter 12 African American Students at PWIs -- Chapter 13 Engaging a Discourse of Policy Analysis and Curriculum that Addresses Poverty and Race -- Chapter 14 African American Males -- Chapter 15 African American Athletes and Higher Education -- Chapter 16 African American Students Navigating Higher Education Through a Wellness Approach -- Index -- About the Contributors.

College and Career Readiness of African American Students: The Journey Unraveled provides a strengths-based, multi-systemic solutions approach for higher education administration, school counseling, and urban education scholars and practitioners to promote the post-secondary options of African American youth. This book is unique in that it emphasizes the origins of inequity while identifying evidence-based pathways for future success.

9781498506878


African American students - United States.


Electronic books.

LC2717 -- .A375 2015eb

378.198296073