The privileged poor: how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students - anthony abraham jack

An NPR Favorite Book of the Year Winner of the Critics Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association Winner of the Mirra Komarovsky Book Award Winner of the CEP-Mildred Garc a Award for Exemplary Scholarship Winner of the Thomas J.

Wilson Memorial PrizeEye-opening.

Brings home the pain and reality of on-campus poverty and puts the blame squarely on elite institutions.

--Washington PostJacks 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 YorkerThe lesson is plain--simply admitting low-income students is just the start of a universitys obligations.

Once theyre on campus, colleges must show them that they are full-fledged citizen.

--David Kirp, American ProspectThis book should be studied closely by anyone interested in improving diversity and inclusion in higher education and provides a moving call to action for us all.

--Raj Chetty, Harvard UniversityThe 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 expos , Anthony Jack shows that many students struggles continue long after theyve 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.

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 Jacks 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 admi.