Description: Reaching Up, Reaching Out looks at what we know about the content and effectiveness of programs designed to help underrepresented students successfully make the transition from high school to college. Patricia Gandara investigates the obstacles that keep these students from going to college. She describes the programs that attempt to improve the situation for these kids, and, in narrative terms, Gandara presents the research on whether these programs are effective. The heart of the book is based on the lives and experiences of one cohort of kids going through such a program -- The Puente Program in California. The author shows that the real challenges facing these students often lie outside the normal consideration of their schools.

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