Postsecondary Education for First-Generation and Low-Income Students in the Ivy League Navigating Policy and Practice /
This book examines how previously excluded high-achieving, low-income students are faring socially and academically at an Ivy League college in New England. In the past, research conducted on low-income students in elite schools focused mainly on the admissions process. As a result, there is a deart...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Summary: | This book examines how previously excluded high-achieving, low-income students are faring socially and academically at an Ivy League college in New England. In the past, research conducted on low-income students in elite schools focused mainly on the admissions process. As a result, there is a dearth of research on what happens to low-income students once they are admitted and attend classes. This book chronicles an ethnographic study of twenty low-income men and women in their senior year at Dartmouth College and follows up with them four and twelve years post-graduation. By helping to bring visibility and self-awareness to low-income students and expose class issues and struggles, the author hopes to encourage elite institutions to change their policies and practices to address the needs of these students. . |
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Physical Description: | XV, 257 p. 20 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource. |
ISBN: | 9783319634562 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-63456-2 |