Title Latino immigrant youth and interrupted schooling : dropouts, dreamers and alternative pathways to college / Marguerite Lukes.

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Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2015]

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	371.829 L954L	Check Shelf

Description	xii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 100
	Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 100.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-203) and index.
Contents	Understanding dropouts : math and history -- Pre-migration educational 'choices' : interrupted education in context -- Immigrant youth entering the US -- Pushouts, shutouts and holdouts : entering, exiting and evading high school in the US -- Hard and soft skills : academic skills, English and social capital among migrant youth -- The road ahead for young adult migrants : institutional dilemmas, nagging questions and open doors.
Summary	Reviews the pre- and post-migration educational experiences of immigrant young adults with a particular focus on members of the Latino community. Combining quantitative data with original interviews, Lukes provides a look at a population that is both ubiquitous and overlooked, challenging existing assumptions about those categorized as ?dropouts? and closely examines the historical contexts for educational interruption in the chosen subgroup. --From publisher description.
Subject	Hispanic American youth -- Education -- United States.
	Hispanic American youth -- Social conditions.
	Immigrants -- Education -- United States.
	Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
	Hispanic American youth -- Education. (OCoLC)fst00957513
	Hispanic American youth -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00957521
	Immigrants -- Education. (OCoLC)fst00967726
	Immigrants -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00967782
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN	9781783093434 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
	1783093439 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
	9781783093427 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	1783093420 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	9781783093441 (ebook)
	1783093447
	9781783093441

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