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Author Jack, Anthony Abraham, author.

Title The privileged poor : how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students / Anthony Abraham Jack.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  378.198 JAC    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  378.1982 JACK    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  378.198 JACK    Check Shelf
Description 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors--and their coffers--to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to let them in? In The Privileged Poor, Anthony Jack reveals that the struggles of less privileged students continue long after they've arrived on campus. In their first weeks they quickly learn that admission does not mean acceptance. In this bracing and necessary book, Jack documents how university policies and cultures can exacerbate preexisting inequalities, and reveals why these policies hit some students harder than others. If we truly want our top colleges to be engines of opportunity, university policies and campus cultures will have to change. Jack provides concrete advice to help schools reduce these hidden disadvantages--advice we cannot afford to ignore.-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction: Can poor students be privileged? -- "Come with me to Italy!" -- "Can you sign your book for me?" -- "I, too, am hungry" -- Conclusion: Beyond access.
Subject College students -- United States -- Attitudes.
Minority college students -- United States -- Attitudes.
Cultural pluralism -- United States.
Multicultural education -- United States.
Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
College students -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst00867980
Cultural pluralism. (OCoLC)fst01715991
Minorities -- Education (Higher) (OCoLC)fst01023138
Minority college students -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst01023331
Multicultural education. (OCoLC)fst01028816
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Title How elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students
ISBN 9780674976894 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0674976894 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780674248243 (paperback)
0674248244 (paperback)
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