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The Privileged Poor : How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students / Anthony Abraham Jack.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674239647
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.3 23
LOC classification:
  • LC210.5 .J33 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Can Poor Students Be Privileged? -- 1. “Come With Me To Italy!” -- 2. “Can You Sign Your Book For Me?” -- 3. “I, Too, Am Hungry” -- Conclusion: Beyond Access -- Appendix -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Getting in is only half the battle. The struggles of less privileged students continue long after they’ve arrived on campus. Anthony Jack reveals how—and why—admission to elite schools does not mean acceptance for disadvantaged students, and he explains what schools can do differently to help the privileged poor thrive.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674239647

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Can Poor Students Be Privileged? -- 1. “Come With Me To Italy!” -- 2. “Can You Sign Your Book For Me?” -- 3. “I, Too, Am Hungry” -- Conclusion: Beyond Access -- Appendix -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Getting in is only half the battle. The struggles of less privileged students continue long after they’ve arrived on campus. Anthony Jack reveals how—and why—admission to elite schools does not mean acceptance for disadvantaged students, and he explains what schools can do differently to help the privileged poor thrive.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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