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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth M. Cox , Jesse S. Watson , Jesse S. WatsonPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Volume: 155 Dimensions: Width: 16.60cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.170kg ISBN: 9781118151082ISBN 10: 1118151089 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 29 September 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsEDITORS'NOTES 1 Elizabeth M. Cox, Jesse S. Watson 1. Deweyan Democratic Learning Communities and Student Marginalization 5 Clifford P. Harbour, Gwyn Ebie Taking a step back for a greater vantage point, this chapter applies Deweyan principles to the ongoing efforts of community colleges as they work at defusing marginalization on campus. 2. Noncredit to Credit Transitioning Matters for Adult ESL Learners in a California Community College 15 Liza A. Becker A single-institution, adult immigrant study in southern California is the basis for this chapter, which explores the issues and needs of cultural and academic transitions. 3. Developing an Institutional Culture toward Degree Attainment for Student Athletes 27 David Horton, Jr. This chapter investigates how institutions can better serve their student athletes who are marginalized despite their seemingly high profile and publicly recognizable campus position. 4. A Primer on LGBTQ Students at Community Colleges: Considerations for Research and Practice 35 Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, Dibya Devika Choudhuri Utilizing available theories and literature, this chapter provides recommendations and identifies how lines of future research can assist in the service of LGBTQ students. 5. Student Veterans and Community Colleges 51 Corey Rumann, Marisa Rivera, Ignacio Hernandez This chapter illuminates the struggles and experiences of veteran students who return to college after completing their service, as well as providing exemplars and recommendations to connect veterans to campus. 6. Beyond Remedial Dichotomies: Are 'Underprepared' College Students a Marginalized Marjority? 59 Regina Deil-Amen This author takes a broader perspective on remediation, discussing how remediation is more than a sequence of courses or only localized to community colleges by tying preparedness levels to issues of postsecondary access. 7. Borderland Stories about Teaching College in Prison 73 Susanna Spaulding Adjunct faculty on community college campuses are often marginalized, and as they enter correctional facilities, their position is even more estranged when compared to their campus-based peers, inmate students, and corrections officers. 8. Key Resources on Marginalized Students 85 Susana Hernandez, Ignacio Hernandez This chapter compiles additional service-centered resources to assist practitioners in reaching marginalized communities on their campuses. INDEX 91ReviewsAuthor InformationElizabeth M. Cox and Jesse S. Watson are the authors of Marginalized Students: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 155, published by Wiley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |