Choosing Higher Education: Educationally Ambitious Chicanos and the Path to Social Mobility

Creator

Patricia Gandara

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

May 1994

Abstract

This is a study of high academic achievement found in the most unlikely places: among low-income Mexican Americans from homes with little formal education. It examines the backgrounds of 50 persons, male and female from one age cohort, who met most of the predictors for school failure or "dropping out." ...

Extent

43

Volume

2

Issue

8

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00023

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Recommended Citation

Gandara, Patricia, "Choosing Higher Education: Educationally Ambitious Chicanos and the Path to Social Mobility" (1994). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 272.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/272