Freeman A Hrabowski Iii: 3 books
Holding Fast to Dreams
Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
An education leader relates how his experiences with the civil rights movement led him to develop programs promoting educational success in science and technology for African Americans and others.
In Holding Fast to Dreams, 2018 American Council on Education (ACE) Lifetime Achievement Award winner...
Overcoming the Odds
Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2002
When Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males appeared in 1998, it was hailed as "a crucial book" (Baltimore Sun) and "undoubtedly one of the most important tools the African American parent can possess" (Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP). Now, in response to enormous...
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Studies of Three Student Development Programs
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including those who are underrepresented, in our nation’s...