The Privileged Poor

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How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

By Anthony Abraham Jack

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The Privileged Poor by Anthony Abraham Jack explores the challenges faced by low-income students at elite universities. While admissions have become more inclusive, Jack reveals that gaining entry is only the first hurdle; acceptance and genuine inclusion remain elusive. Through detailed research and poignant stories, the book exposes how campus culture and policies often deepen existing inequalities, affecting students' social and academic lives in profound ways.
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This book is ideal for educators, policymakers, students, and anyone interested in social justice, higher education reform, and systemic inequalities within elite academic institutions.

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An NPR Favourite 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.

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The New Yorker praises the book for shifting focus from access to inclusion, challenging universities to uphold the diversity they promote. The Washington Post calls it an eye-opening and essential work that sheds light on the lived experience of poverty on campus and critiques institutional policies that reinforce class differences. Reviewers commend Jack’s humane and candid approach to a vital social and educational issue.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674248243

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 August 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: 2 illus., 1 table

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Anthony Abraham Jack Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Anthony Abraham Jack is the Inaugural Faculty Director of the Newbury Center and Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership at Boston University. He has written for the New York Times and the Washington Post, and his research has been featured on The Open Mind, All Things Considered, and CNN. The Privileged Poor was named an NPR Books Best Book of 2019.