On my own : the challenge and promise of building equitable STEM transfer pathways / Xueli Wang.

"On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways is the first book of its kind to provide a detailed, on-the-ground examination of the difficult paths-curricular, interpersonal, and institutional-that students must chart through community college"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Xueli (Educator) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Community college students > United States.
Transfer students > United States.
Discrimination in education > United States.
Racism in education > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Science > Study and teaching > United States.
Technology > Study and teaching > United States.
Engineering > Study and teaching > United States.
Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States.
Community college students.
Discrimination in education.
Educational equalization.
Engineering > Study and teaching.
Mathematics > Study and teaching.
Racism in education.
Science > Study and teaching.
Technology > Study and teaching.
Transfer students.
United States.
Physical Description:xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Same aspirations, different trajectories
  • The contradictory promise of math and active learning
  • Left to their own devices
  • Coping, hoping, and diverted dreams: women on the road less traveled
  • Resilience, despite all: students of color navigating transfer
  • Waiting to be seen: more student faces
  • Ttempered aspirations
  • Momentum trajectories and embedded inequities
  • Reducing friction to level the playing field
  • Toward equitable access to transfer.