Poison in the Ivy

Poison in the Ivy

Author: W. Carson Byrd

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2017-11-24

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 081358938X

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The world of elite campuses is one of rarified social circles, as well as prestigious educational opportunities. W. Carson Byrd studied twenty-eight of the most selective colleges and universities in the United States to see whether elite students’ social interactions with each other might influence their racial beliefs in a positive way, since many of these graduates will eventually hold leadership positions in society. He found that students at these universities believed in the success of the ‘best and the brightest,’ leading them to situate differences in race and status around issues of merit and individual effort. Poison in the Ivy challenges popular beliefs about the importance of cross-racial interactions as an antidote to racism in the increasingly diverse United States. He shows that it is the context and framing of such interactions on college campuses that plays an important role in shaping students’ beliefs about race and inequality in everyday life for the future political and professional leaders of the nation. Poison in the Ivy is an eye-opening look at race on elite college campuses, and offers lessons for anyone involved in modern American higher education.


Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Author: Amy Goldman Koss

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1626723826

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"IwithVY: I told Ms. Gold about how The Evil Three have been after me, feeding off me since fourth grade. MARCO: It isn't a very pretty story, so if you're looking for 'nice,' you better ask someone else. ANN: We just have to come up wiht some witnesses for our side. Think! Does anyone owe you any favors? BRYCE: I figure, Dude, why not make a little spare change on the side? A buck a bet. All's I has to do was explain that liable was civil for guilty, and they swarmed like flies." Eight first-person narrators give different versions of the same event. Lessons about the inner workings of the judicial system pale beside the insights into human nature. With pathos and a great deal of humor, Amy Goldman Koss keeps you turning pages.


The Poison Ivy, Oak & Sumac Book

The Poison Ivy, Oak & Sumac Book

Author: Thomas E. Anderson

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Discusses five basic plants that are poisonous and cause rashes and examines the myths about these plants as well as "cures" and home remedies for the rashes that work, appear to work, or don't work at all.


Field Guide to Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac

Field Guide to Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac

Author: Susan Carol Hauser

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2008-04-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1461746779

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This handbook takes the mystery out of identifying these common weeds and provides useful antidotes for treating their irritating, itching rashes. Photos show the plants in every season, and detailed drawings help readers pinpoint the culprit in the woods or in their own backyards. Hauser distinguishes between home remedies that really work and those that can actually aggravate the poison, tells how to treat each poison differently, and explains how to prevent the offending vines from growing in the yard. The perfect reference for homeowners, parents, gardeners and hikers, this is easy to read and informative. Susan Carol Hauser is a writer and gardener who lives in Bemidji, Minnesota.


Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Author: Evan Mandery

Publisher: The New Press

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1620977222

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The front-page news and the trials that followed Operation Varsity Blues were just the tip of the iceberg. Poison Ivy tells the bigger, seedier story of how elite colleges create paths to admission available only to the wealthy, despite rhetoric to the contrary. Evan Mandery reveals how tacit agreements between exclusive “Ivy-plus” schools and white affluent suburbs create widespread de facto segregation. And as a college degree continues to be the surest route to upward mobility, the inequality bred in our broken higher education system is now a principal driver of skyrocketing income inequality everywhere. Mandery—a professor at a public college that serves low- and middle-income students—contrasts the lip service paid to “opportunity” by so many elite colleges and universities with schools that actually walk the walk. Weaving in shocking data and captivating interviews with students and administrators alike, Poison Ivy also synthesizes fascinating insider information on everything from how students are evaluated, unfair tax breaks, and questionable fundraising practices to suburban rituals, testing, tutoring, tuition schemes, and more. This bold, provocative indictment of America’s elite colleges shows us what’s at stake in a faulty system—and what will be possible if we muster the collective will to transform it.


Poisoned Ivy

Poisoned Ivy

Author: Benjamin Hart

Publisher: New York : Stein and Day

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780812829907

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The author recounts his years as a Dartmouth student, argues that the school has an anti-religious, liberal bias, and describes the brief history of the conservative Dartmouth Review


In Praise of Poison Ivy

In Praise of Poison Ivy

Author: Anita Sanchez

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781630761318

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For centuries, poison ivy has bedeviled, inconvenienced, and downright tortured the human race. In Praise of Poison Ivy explores the question of why this plant is apparently on a mission to give us humans grief, from itchy ankles to life-threatening medical emergencies. This book also examines why poison ivy targets humans, but no other species, an


Poisoned Ivy

Poisoned Ivy

Author: Eleanor Kerlow

Publisher: St Martins Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780312113674

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A revealing and dispassionate look at the recent history of Harvard Law School recounts the ideological and political battles currently being waged over changes that have been made in the school's traditional style and focus.