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Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

Education

Publication Date

2015

Book Title

The journey unraveled: College & career readiness of African American students

Publisher

Lexington Books

Editor

J. R. Curry & M. A. Shillingford-Butler

City

Lanham, MD

First Page

85

Last Page

108

Abstract

African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and passion for the success of students in the African American population. Some of the chapters will appear to be written in a more conversational and idiomatic tone, whereas others are presented in a more erudite format. Each chapter, however, presents a contextual portrayal of the contemporary, and often dysfunctional, pattern of society’s approach to supporting this population. Contributors also present progressive paradigms for future achievements. Through the pages of this book, readers will understand and hopefully appreciate what can be done to promote positive college bound self-efficacy, procurement of resources in the high school to college transition, exposure and access to college possibilities, and implications for practice in school counseling, education leadership, and higher education.

ISBN

9781498506885

Publication Statement

Reproduced by permission of Rowman & Littlefield https://rowman.com; All rights reserved. Please contact the publisher for permission to copy, distribute or reprint.

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