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UNINA9910299522503321 |
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Autore |
Landers Kerry H |
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Titolo |
Postsecondary Education for First-Generation and Low-Income Students in the Ivy League : Navigating Policy and Practice / / by Kerry H. Landers |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XV, 257 p. 20 illus., 3 illus. in color.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Educational sociology |
Education, Higher |
Sociology of Education |
Higher Education |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. How Low-Income Students Became Invisible at Elite Colleges -- 2. How Alex Got to Dartmouth and Obstacles that Prevent Other Low-Income Students from Attending Elite Schools -- 3. Home Environment to Culture Shock -- 4. Passing -- 5. The Unmoneyed Experience -- 6. Hidden Rules -- 7. Dis-“Orientation” -- 8. True Grit -- 9. Relationships That Matter -- 10. Great Expectations -- 11. Beyond the Ivory Tower -- 12. Low-Income Students Speak Out on Elite Campuses -- 13. Challenging Our Elite Schools to do Better. . |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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