Product Description: This, the sixth volume in Springer’s Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research series, presents scholarly research on major discourses of race, ethnicity and gender in education. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in education, globalisation, social justice, equity and access in schooling around the world...read more

Product Description: Assesses the influence of family and school on African American students' college decision-making processes.Acknowledging the disparity between the number of African American high school students who aspire toward higher education and the number who actually attend, this book uncovers factors that influence African American students' decisions regarding college...read more

Product Description: Black colleges are central to the delivery of higher education. Notwithstanding, there is scant treatment of these key institutions in the research literature. There is a need for a comprehensive and cogent understanding of the primary characteristics of the policies and practices endemic to black colleges...read more

Product Description: This special issue is dedicated to two important agendas. First, it explores components that contribute to mentoring programs that are empowering as well as successful in recruiting and retaining underrepresented people in higher education and in the field of education...read more

Product Description: Leading African American scholars examine the often neglected cultural context in research and policy development in African American higher education in this collection of essays. Past research has most often been conducted by individuals unfamiliar with the historical and cultural considerations of specific ethnic groups...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)