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Book Synopsis

This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive empirical study of the school experiences of Mexican Americans and those who help them succeed.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword by Patricia Gándara
  • A Personal Narrative by Sally Alonzo Bell, PhD
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I: Setting the Context
    • 1. Locked Doors; Closed Opportunities: Who Holds the Magic Key? (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)
    • 2. History's Prism in Education: A Spectrum of Legacies across Centuries of Mexican American Agency; Experience and Activism 1600s–2000s (Victoria-María MacDonald and Jason Rivera)
    • 3. Trend Analyses from 1971 to 2012 on Mexican American/Chicano Freshmen: Are We Making Progress? (Sylvia Hurtado)
  • Part II: Conceptual Understandings
    • 4. An Intersectional Lens: Theorizing an Educational Paradigm of Success (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)
    • 5. Parental Educational and Gender Expectations: Pushing the Educational Trajectory (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Rebeca Burciaga)
    • 6. Examining the Influence of K–12 School Experiences on the Higher Education Pathway (Ruth Enid Zambrana, Anthony De Jesús, and Brianne A. Dávila)
  • Part III: Contemporary College Experiences
    • 7. The Ivory Tower Is Still White: Chicana/o-Latina/o College Students' Views on Racism, Ethnic Organizations, and Campus Racial Segregation (Nolan L. Cabrera and Sylvia Hurtado)
    • 8. Campus Climate, Intersecting Identities, and Institutional Support among Mexican American College Students (Adriana Ruiz Alvarado and Sylvia Hurtado)
  • Part IV: Implications for Educational Policy and Future Practices in P–16 Pathways and Beyond
    • 9. Mexican American Males' Pathways to Higher Education: Awareness to Achievement (Luis Ponjuan and Victor B. Sáenz)
    • 10. The Role of Educational Policy in Mexican American College Transition and Completion (Frances Contreras)
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Contributing Authors
  • Index

The Magic Key

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 15 January 2015
      ISBN-13 9781477307250
      978-1477307250
      ISBN-10 1477307257
      Also in:
      Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive empirical study of the school experiences of Mexican Americans and those who help them succeed.

      Table of Contents

      • Foreword by Patricia Gándara
      • A Personal Narrative by Sally Alonzo Bell, PhD
      • Acknowledgments
      • Abbreviations
      • Part I: Setting the Context
        • 1. Locked Doors; Closed Opportunities: Who Holds the Magic Key? (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)
        • 2. History's Prism in Education: A Spectrum of Legacies across Centuries of Mexican American Agency; Experience and Activism 1600s–2000s (Victoria-María MacDonald and Jason Rivera)
        • 3. Trend Analyses from 1971 to 2012 on Mexican American/Chicano Freshmen: Are We Making Progress? (Sylvia Hurtado)
      • Part II: Conceptual Understandings
        • 4. An Intersectional Lens: Theorizing an Educational Paradigm of Success (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)
        • 5. Parental Educational and Gender Expectations: Pushing the Educational Trajectory (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Rebeca Burciaga)
        • 6. Examining the Influence of K–12 School Experiences on the Higher Education Pathway (Ruth Enid Zambrana, Anthony De Jesús, and Brianne A. Dávila)
      • Part III: Contemporary College Experiences
        • 7. The Ivory Tower Is Still White: Chicana/o-Latina/o College Students' Views on Racism, Ethnic Organizations, and Campus Racial Segregation (Nolan L. Cabrera and Sylvia Hurtado)
        • 8. Campus Climate, Intersecting Identities, and Institutional Support among Mexican American College Students (Adriana Ruiz Alvarado and Sylvia Hurtado)
      • Part IV: Implications for Educational Policy and Future Practices in P–16 Pathways and Beyond
        • 9. Mexican American Males' Pathways to Higher Education: Awareness to Achievement (Luis Ponjuan and Victor B. Sáenz)
        • 10. The Role of Educational Policy in Mexican American College Transition and Completion (Frances Contreras)
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Contributing Authors
      • Index

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