Beating the odds : how the poor get to college /

Beating the odds : how the poor get to college /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Levine, Arthur.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1996.
Description:	xx, 204 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Subject:	People with social disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- United States. Poor -- Education (Higher) -- United States. Women -- Education (Higher) -- United States. Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission. People with social disabilities -- Education (Higher) Poor -- Education (Higher) Universities and colleges -- Admission. Women -- Education (Higher) United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2383913

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Other authors / contributors:	Nidiffer, Jana, 1957-
ISBN:	0787901326 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Why the Odds Don2t Change for the Poor
Part One. Weighing the Odds
1. The Odds Against Escaping from Poverty
2. The Odds Against Going to College
Part Two. Beating the Odds
3. A Portrait of Twenty-Four Who Succeeded
4. Hitting the Jackpot: Entree to the Elites
5. Betting the Farm: The Struggle Just to Get in the Door
Part Three. Improving the Odds
6. Nine Mentors Who Changed the Odds
7. The Lesson: One Arm Around One Child
8. Evening the Odds: Making College Possible for the Poor
Resource: Brief Biographies of the Twenty-Four Students Inverviewed