education (higher)

Presents an interwoven portrait of the challenges faced by historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Offers information and practical advice for college students with learning disabilities, covering transition planning, advocacy, preparation, academics, university life, and other related topics, and including resources.

Contains profiles of over three hundred and fifty colleges for students with learning disabilities, each with information on services available and admissions requirements, and includes contact data and advice from specialists in the field of learning disabilities.

Argues that affirmative action has harmed minority students by mismatching the students against better prepared classmates, setting them up to quickly fall behind; and offers alternatives.

The author describes the personal challenges he faced while trying to continue his education, and his guilt over going off to college after his father returned to Mexico, leaving his family in poverty.

Includes information on campus environments, percentage of African American students and faculty, financial aid, and special programs.

Offers advice and strategies designed to help students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or other learning disabilities find the best college to meet their needs, use support services available on campus and in the community, and help themselves through time management, planning, scheduling, preparing for exams, and other study skills.

Profiles over 1,100 two- and four-year colleges in the U.S. and Canada with programs for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorder, providing details on tutoring, remediation, summer programs, and unique aids and services along with application deadlines and contact information for program coordinators.