Taming the river [electronic resource] : negotiating the academic, financial, and social currents in selective colleges and universities / Camille Z. Charles ... [et al.] ; with assistance from Gniesha Dinwiddie, Brooke Cunningham.

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Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xi, 301 p. : illISBN:

9780691139647 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781400830053

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378.1/980973 22

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LC208.8 .T36 2009eb

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Contents:

Entering the current -- Staying afloat academically -- Staying afloat socially -- Staying afloat financially -- Battling social undercurrents -- The hidden rocks of segregation -- The shoals of stereotypes -- The wake from affirmative action -- College at midstream.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-294) and index.

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