Gross, Karen, 1952-

Breakaway learners : strategies for post-secondary success with at-risk students / Karen Gross. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Can you see the stars at night? -- Anchoring lasticity -- Who are our students-now and into the future? -- Breakaway students and culture change -- Yes, the positives of toxic stress and trauma -- Elasticity, one of lasticity's building blocks -- The untapped power of plasticity -- Pivoting right -- Lasticity's reciprocal heart -- Belief in self isn't easy -- Animating lasticity on a college campus -- Lasticity big time -- Lasticity's hurdles and how to surmount them -- Money and its meaning -- Lasticity's growing urgency -- Lasticity's entrance into the lexicon -- Promises made and kept.

9780807758427 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807758434 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2016057860


Low-income college students--Services for--United States.
College student development programs--United States.
Counseling in higher education--United States.
College student retention--United States.
Educational mobility--United States.
Social classes--United States.

LC4069.6 / .G76 2017

378.1/980973