LEADER 03820nam 2200541 450 001 9910792987503321 005 20230809224059.0 010 $a1-5017-0840-6 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501708404 035 $a(CKB)3710000001306525 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4854126 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001721119 035 $a(OCoLC)956775760 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57112 035 $a(DE-B1597)492907 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501708404 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4854126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11382185 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1009262 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001306525 100 $a20170526h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSelling hope and college $emerit, markets, and recruitment in an unranked schoo /$fAlex Posecznick 210 1$aIthaca, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cILR Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (238 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a1-5017-0758-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Extraordinary Mediocrity -- $t2. How to Sell Hope and Mobility -- $t3. It's All about the Numbers -- $t4. Being a "Real" College in America -- $t5. Financing Education and the Crisis of Sustainability -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIt has long been assumed that college admission should be a simple matter of sorting students according to merit, with the best heading off to the Ivy League and highly ranked liberal arts colleges and the rest falling naturally into their rightful places. Admission to selective institutions, where extremely fine distinctions are made, is characterized by heated public debates about whether standardized exams, high school transcripts, essays, recommendation letters, or interviews best indicate which prospective students are "worthy."And then there is college for everyone else. But what goes into less-selective college admissions in an era when everyone feels compelled to go, regardless of preparation or life goals? "Ravenwood College," where Alex Posecznick spent a year doing ethnographic research, was a small, private, nonprofit institution dedicated to social justice and serving traditionally underprepared students from underrepresented minority groups. To survive in the higher education marketplace, the college had to operate like a business and negotiate complex categories of merit while painting a hopeful picture of the future for its applicants. Selling Hope and College is a snapshot of a particular type of institution as it goes about the business of producing itself and justifying its place in the market. Admissions staff members were burdened by low enrollments and worked tirelessly to fill empty seats, even as they held on to the institution's special spirit. Posecznick documents what it takes to keep a "mediocre" institution open and running, and the struggles, tensions, and battles that members of the community tangle with daily as they carefully walk the line between empowering marginalized students and exploiting them. 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xAdmission 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xAdministration 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xAdmission. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xAdministration. 676 $a378.1610973 700 $aPosecznick$b Alexander$01499728 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792987503321 996 $aSelling hope and college$93726036 997 $aUNINA