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Reports on the challenges facing California and the nation in providing access to higher education during a time of demographic change.
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EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION Leveraging Promise Edited by Patricia Gándara, Gary Orfield, and Catherine L. Horn Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education SUNY Series FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION Philip G. Altbach, Editor The Frontiers in Education Series draws upon a range of disciplines and approaches in the analysis of contemporary educational issues and concerns. Books in the series help to reinterpret established fields of scholarship in education by encouraging the latest synthesis and research. A special focus highlights educational policy issues from a multidisciplinary perspective. The series is published in cooperation with the School of Education, Boston College. A complete listing of books in this series can be found at the end of this volume. Excellence and Equality: A Qualitatively Different Perspective on Gifted and Talented Education —David M. Fetterman Class, Race, and Gender in American Education —Lois Weis (ed.) Change and Effectiveness in Schools: A Cultural Perspective —Gretchen B. Rossman, H. Dickson Corbett, and William A. Firestone (eds.) The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities —Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple (eds.) Crisis in Teaching: Perspectives on Current Reforms —Lois Weis, Philip G. Altbach, Gail P. Kelly, Hugh G. Petrie, and Sheila Slaughter (eds.) The Character of American Higher Education and Intercollegiate Sport —Donald Chu Dropouts from Schools: Issues, Dilemmas, and Solutions —Lois Weis, Eleanor Farrar, and Hugh G. Petrie (eds.) The Higher Learning and High Technology: Dynamics of Higher Education Policy Formation —Sheila Slaughter Religious Fundamentalism and American Education: The Battle for the Public Schools —Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. The High Status Track: Studies of Elite Schools and Stratification —Paul W. Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis (eds.) The Economics of American Universities: Management, Operations, and Fiscal Environment —Stephen A. Hoenack and Eileen L. Collins (eds.) Going to School: The African-American Experience —Kofi Lomotey (ed.) Curriculum Differentiation: Interpretive Studies in U.S. Secondary Schools —Reba Page and Linda Valli (eds.) The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education —Philip G. Altbach and Kofi Lomotey (eds.) The Great Transformation in Higher Education, 1960-1980 —Clark Kerr College in Black and White: African American Students in Predominantly White and in Historically Black Public Universities —Walter R. Allen, Edgar G. Epps, and Nesha Z. Haniff (eds.) Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education —Lois Weis, Philip G. Altbach, Gail P. Kelly, and Hugh G. Petrie (eds.) Textbooks in American Society: Politics, Policy, and Pedagogy —Philip G. Altbach, Gail P. Kelly, Hugh G. Petrie, and Lois Weis (eds.) Black Resistance in High School: Forging a Separatist Culture —R. Patrick Solomon Emergent Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives —Robert F. Arnove, Philip G. Altbach, and Gail P. Kelly (eds.) Creating Community on College Campuses —Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr. and Virginia V. Thorndike Teacher Education Policy: Narratives, Stories, and Cases —Hendrik D. Gideonse (ed.) Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, Race, and Gender in United States Schools —Lois Weis and Michelle Fine (eds.) The Cold War and Academic Governance: The Lattimore Case at Johns Hopkins —Lionel S. Lewis Troubled Times for American Higher Education: The 1990s and Beyond —Clark Kerr Higher Education Cannot Escape History: Issues for the Twenty-first Century —Clark Kerr Multiculturalism and Education: Diversity and Its Impact on Schools and Society —Thomas J. LaBelle and Christopher R. Ward The Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, and Future