Establishing a college culture in secondary schools through P-20 collaboration: A case study

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-373

  Jarsky, Karen McClafferty ^a   McDonough, Patricia M ^b   Núñez, Anne Marie ^c  

^a Independent Researcher   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; African American Black; Collaboration; College access; Educational reform; Latino Hispanic; Organizational theory change; P 16; P 20; School university collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350553735     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: 15525716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192709347846     Document Type: Article

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