The Agony of Education Black Students at a White University |
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| Author:
| Feagin, Joe R.
Vera, Hernan
Imani, Nikitah |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-91512-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $61.95 |
Book Description:
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The Agony of Education is about the life experience of African American students attending a historically white university. Based on seventy-seven interviews conducted with black students and parents concerning their experiences with one state university, as well as published and unpublished studies of the black experience at state universities at large, this study captures the painful choices and agonizing dilemmas at the heart of the decisions African Americans must make about higher...
More DescriptionThe Agony of Education is about the life experience of African American students attending a historically white university. Based on seventy-seven interviews conducted with black students and parents concerning their experiences with one state university, as well as published and unpublished studies of the black experience at state universities at large, this study captures the painful choices and agonizing dilemmas at the heart of the decisions African Americans must make about higher education.