Home
  About
  Annuals
  Monograph Series
  Reprints
  Contact
  Ordering
  For Authors

SEARCH SITE
Site search Web search
 Powered by FreeFind
 If searching by ISBN, please
 insert hyphens or spaces
 as follows:
   ISBN 10: 0-404-12345-6
   ISBN 13: 978 040412345 6

Amspressinc.com is the only authorized website for AMS Press, Inc. Prices, publication dates, and other information from unauthorized sites claiming to represent AMS Press, Inc. will not be honored.

AMS Press, Inc.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
63 Flushing Ave., Unit #221
Brooklyn, NY 11205-1073
USA

Volume 26

Readings on Equal Education

Series and Volume Editors
Philip J. Bowman and Edward P. St. John

Managing Editor
Phyllis Kreger Stillman

ISSN 0270-1448
Set ISBN-10: 0-404-10100-3, Set ISBN-13: 978-0-404-10100-8

Click here for contents tovolumes 20–25.

Available

Volume 26

Expanding Postsecondary Opportunity for Underrepresented Students:
Theory and Practice of Academic Capital Formation

Volume Editors
Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Phillip J. Bowman, and Edward P. St. John

Series Editors
Phillip J. Bowman and Edward P. St. John

December 2012
ISBN-10: 0-404-10226-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-404-10226-5
Cloth $137.50

CONTENTS

Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Phillip J. Bowman, and Edward P. St. John, Editors’ Introduction

Part I. Theory Building
Edward P. St. John, “Academic Capital Formation: An Emergent Theory”
Laura W. Perna and Margaret A. Hadinger, “Promoting Academic Capital Formation among Urban Youth: Citywide Approaches”
Shaun R. Harper, Collin D. Williams Jr., David Pérez II, and Demetri L. Morgan, “His Experience: Toward a Phenomenological Understanding of Academic Capital Formation among Black and Latino Male Students”
Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, “Mentoring Latinas/os in Higher Education: Intentional Cultivation of Talent”
Malisa Lee and Edward P. St. John, “Academic Capital Formation among Hmong Students: An Exploratory Study of the Role of Ethnic Identity in College Transitions”
Pamela P. Felder, “Prior Socialization in Academic Capital Formation: Historically Black College and University Origins and Their Impact on Doctoral Student Success”

Part II. Models of Successful Practice
Rick Dalton, Victoria J. Milazzo-Bigelow, and Edward P. St. John, “College For Every Student: A Model for Postsecondary Encouragement in Rural Schools”
Tatiana Melguizo, “The Role of Student Long-Term Goals on College Persistence of Low-Income Students: Evidence from the Washington State Achievers Program”
Edward P. St. John, Shirley Ort, and Lynn Williford, “Carolina Covenant: Reducing the Retention Gap”
Edward P. St. John and Victoria J. Milazzo-Bigelow, “STEM Transfer Students in Research Universities: A Qualitative Assessment of Academic Capital Formation”

Part III. Conclusions
Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, “Academic Capital Formation: Can It Help Untangle Confusion about Social Stratification in the Study of College Students?”

Index

Volumes Available to Order

Volume ISBN-10 ISBN-13 Pub. Date Price
1. 1968–69. Edited by Allan C. Ornstein 0-404-10101-1 978-0-404-10101-5 1970 $137.50
2. 1969–70. Edited Russell Doll, Allan C. Ornstein, Nancy L. Arnez, and Maxine Hawkins 0-404-10102-X 978-0-404-10102-2 1971 $137.50
3. 1970–71. Edited by Russell Doll and Maxine Hawkins 0-404-10103-8 978-0-404-10103-9 1972 $137.50
4. 1971–72. Edited by Erwin Flaxman 0-404-10104-6 978-0-404-10104-6 1973 $137.50
5. 1973–75. Edited by Erwin Flaxman 0-404-15095-0 978-0-404-15095-2 1976 $137.50
6. 1975–76. Edited by Erwin Flaxman 0-404-10106-2 978-0-404-10106-0 1980 $137.50
7. 1977–79. Edited by Marguerite Ross Barnett and Charles C. Harrington 0-404-10107-0 978-0-404-10107-7 1984 $137.50
8. Race, Sex, and National Origin. Public Attitudes of Desegregation. Edited by Marguerite Ross Barnett and Charles C. Harrington 0-404-10108-9 978-0-404-10108-4 10/30/1985 $137.50
9. Education Policy in an Era of Conservative Reform. Edited by Marguerite Ross Barnett, Charles C. Harrington, and Philip V. White 0-404-10109-7 978-0-404-10109-1 06/11/1987 $137.50
10. Critical Issues for a New Administration and Congress. Edited by Steven S. Goldberg 0-404-10110-0 978-0-404-10110-7 05/14/1990 $137.50
11. Qualitative Investigations Into Schools and Schooling. Edited by Michele Foster 0-404-10111-9 978-0-404-10111-4 10/24/1991 $137.50
12. Civil Rights in Schools. Edited by Steven S. Goldberg with Kathleen Kelley Lynch 0-404-10112-7 978-0-404-10112-1 03/28/1995 $137.50
13. Forty Years after the Brown Decision. Implications of School Desegregation for U.S. Education. Edited by Kofi Lomotey and Charles Teddlie. Co-Managing Editors: John Freeman and Robin Garrett Jarvis 0-404-10113-5 978-0-404-10113-8 06/19/1996 $137.50
14. Forty Years after the Brown Decision: Social and Cultural Effects of School Desegregation. Edited by Kofi Lomotey and Charles Teddlie. Co-Managing Editors: John Freeman and Robin Garrett Jarvis 0-404-10114-3 978-0-404-10114-5 02/28/1997 $137.50
15. Race, the Courts, and Equal Education: The Limits of Law. Edited by Richard Fossey. Co-Managing Editors: Robin Garrett Jarvis and Elizabeth A. Kemper 0-404-10115-1 978-0-404-10115-2 03/17/1998 $137.50
16. Education of Hispanics in the United States: Politics, Policies, and Outcomes. Edited by Abbas Tashakkori and Salvador Hector Ochoa. Co-Managing Editor: Elizabeth A. Kemper 0-404-10116-X 978-0-404-10116-9 06/18/1999 $137.50
17. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Title I Schoolwide Programs: Evidence from the Field. Edited by Dianne L. Taylor and Elizabeth A. Kemper. Managing Editor: Pamela S. Angelle 0-404-10117-8 978-0-404-10117-6 01/2001 $137.50
18. Equity and Access in Higher Education: Changing the Definition of Educational Opportunity. Edited by M. Christopher Brown II. Managing Editor: Pamela S. Angelle 0-404-10118-6 978-0-404-10118-3 07/2002 $137.50
19. Public Policy and College Access: Investigating the Federal and State Roles in Equalizing Postsecondary Opportunity. Edited by Edward P. St. John 0-404-10119-4 978-0-404-10119-0 06/2004 $137.50
20. Improving Access and College Success for Diverse Students. Studies of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Edited by Edward P. St. John 0-404-10120-8 978-0-404-10120-6 01/2005 $137.50
21. Public Policy and Equal Educational Opportunity: School Reforms, Postsecondary Encouragement, and State Policies on Postsecondary Education. Edited by Edward P. St. John 0-404-10121-6 978-0-404-10121-3 03/2006 $137.50
22. Confronting Educational Inequality: Reframing, Building Understanding, and Making Change Edited by Edward P. St. John 0-404-10122-4 978-0-404-10122-0 12/2007 $137.50
23. Resources, Assets, and Strengths among Successful Diverse Students: Understanding the Contribution of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Edited by William T. Trent and Edward P. St. John 0-404-10123-2 978-0-404-10123-7 12/2008 $137.50
24. Enhancing Institutional and State Initiatives to Increase Student Success: Studies of the Indiana Project on Academic Success. Edited by Don Hossler, Mary Ziskin, and Jake P. K. Gross 0-404-10124-0 978-0-404-10124-4 12/2009 $137.50
25. Diversity, Merit, and Higher Education: Toward A Comprehensive Agenda for the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Phillip J. Bowman and Edward P. St. John 0-404-10225-5 978-0-404-10225-8 12/2011 $137.50
26. Expanding Postsecondary Opportunity for Underrepresented Students: Theory and Practice of Academic Capital Formation. Edited by Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Phillip J. Bowman, and Edward P. St John 0-404-10226-3 978-0-404-10226-5 12/2012 $137.50