Understanding and Engaging Under-Resourced College Students
A fresh look at the influence of economic class on teaching and learning in higher education
Author: Karen A. Becker, Ph.D., Karla M. Krodel, M.B.A., Bethanie H. Tucker, Ed.D., Foreword, by Mike Theall, Ph.D.
This book establishes a post-secondary platform for the strategies contained in A Framework for Understanding Poverty,
by Ruby K. Payne, Bridges Out of Poverty by Philip DeVol, Terie Dreussi Smith, and Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D. and
Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World, by Philip DeVol.
Learn what it means to be "under-resourced".
The degree to which your post-secondary school understands and supports students from poverty makes all the difference in
meeting your recruitment, retention, and graduation goals. Understanding your students starts with better information about
their personal experience of poverty, and about the skills and strengths they bring with them to college. Supporting your
students involves creating opportunities to access a variety of resources, remedial education relevant to their lives, and fully
engaged relationships inside of school and out.
You'll learn to:
- Recognize the impact of economic class on student preparedness and educational success
- Build on students’ existing resources, experiences, and abilities
- Encourage student success through curriculum design and programming
- Partner with communities and businesses to support academic progress
- Help students look beyond the classroom through service learning and civic engagement
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