Investigations and Understanding and Engaging Under-Resourced College Students Set
Author: Philip DeVol, Karla M. Krodel, Karen A. Becker, Ph.D., MBA, Bethanie H. Tucker, Ed.D., Understanding/Engaging Foreword, by Mike Theall, Ph.D.
Written especially for college students, this kit includes Investigations workbook which investigates the impact of economic class on their lives.
It can be used as part of college orientation and developmental courses, or for credit curriculum. [Previously referred to as Getting Ahead, College Edition).
The kit also includes the Investigations Facilitator Guide and a copy of Understanding and Engaging Under-Resourced College Students.
Read what Students
and Faculty/Facilitators
have to say about Investigations.
Investigations into Economic Class in America
The power to create the future of your choice. This student workbook represents a fundamentally different approach to entry-level student
support strategies. We believe these differences are crucial, and include a process that:
- both examines and begins to address the realities of political/economic systems that contribute to poverty, and
- trusts the students to analyze their situation, solve problems, and transform their lives and their world.
Facilitator Notes for Investigations into Economic Class in America
Investigations grew out of a demand for a version of Getting Ahead in a Just Getting’-By-World that would work for college
students. As several colleges used Getting Ahead with good results, it became clear that we needed to tailor something specific
for the campus life that would also be credit-bearing.
Understanding and Engaging Under-Resourced College Students
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.