The privileged poor : how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students /

The privileged poor : how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jack, Anthony Abraham, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
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. Universities and colleges -- Admission. Low-income students. Education, Higher -- Social aspects. Discrimination in higher education. College students -- Attitudes. Cultural pluralism. Minorities -- Education (Higher) Minority college students -- Attitudes. Multicultural education. Discrimination in higher education. Education, Higher -- Social aspects. Low-income students. Universities and colleges -- Admission. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13465397

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ISBN:	9780674239647 0674239644 9780674976894 0674976894 9780674248243 0674248244
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-258) and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 2, 2019).
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.
Other form:	Print version: Jack, Anthony Abraham. Privileged poor. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019 9780674976894

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Summary:	An NPR Favorite Book of the Year "Breaks new ground on social and educational questions of great import." -- Washington Post "An essential work, humane and candid, that challenges and expands our understanding of the lives of contemporary college students." --Paul Tough, author of Helping Children Succeed "Eye-opening...Brings home the pain and reality of on-campus poverty and puts the blame squarely on elite institutions." -- Washington Post "Jack's investigation redirects attention from the matter of access to the matter of inclusion...His book challenges universities to support the diversity they indulge in advertising." -- New Yorker The Ivy League looks different than it used to. 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 admit these students? In this bracing exposé, Anthony Jack shows that many students' struggles continue long after they've settled in their dorms. Admission, they quickly learn, is not the same as acceptance. This powerfully argued book documents how university policies and campus culture can exacerbate preexisting inequalities and reveals why some students are harder hit than others.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-258) and index.
ISBN:	9780674239647 0674239644 9780674976894 0674976894 9780674248243 0674248244