A new book edited by Dr. Clinita Ford provides unusual insight into the lessons taught by more than two decades of experience with improving educational opportunities for African American, Latino, and Native American students.
In Student Retention Success Models in Higher Education, the interventions described have been chosen with a discerning eye. Combined, the twenty-five chapters teach us much about the distance we have traveled and the work that lies ahead.
The book is a collection of valuable advice that is particularly compelling and timely in light of the decision in Hopwood us, the State of Texas which forbade the use of race as an admissions criterion at the University of Texas law school. For instance:
· Based on extensive experience in the University of Wisconsin system, Hazel Symonette describes the importance of program evaluation and offers guidelines for using assessment as a self-diagnostic resource.
