Hopeful girls, troubled boys : race and gender disparity in urban education / Nancy Lopez.
By 2007, it is estimated that 9.2 million girls of colour will be enrolled in US colleges compared to 6.9 million boys of colour. Why the discrepancy? Lopez takes us to the schools, homes and workplaces of Caribbean youth to point out the different expectations that guide behaviour. Now the largest...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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LC5101 .L66 2003 |
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Status: | Available Request this item |