The Privileged Poor
The Privileged Poor

Author: Anthony Abraham Jack

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0674239660

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An NPR Favorite 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.

Aiding Students, Buying Students
Aiding Students, Buying Students

Author: Rupert Wilkinson

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780826515025

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Wilkinson traces the history of undergraduate financial aid at American colleges and universities; the origins, purposes, and impacts of merit- and need-based aid; the federal government's role; the evolution of elite private institutions; and the current climate and concerns. The concluding chapter lays out how these factors, combined with increasing costs of attending college, impact low-income minority students and how reforms on campuses and in Washington, DC, can better serve higher education and the more disadvantaged students.

Low-Income, Urban Latinas' Student Aid Decisions
Low-Income, Urban Latinas' Student Aid Decisions

Author: Kristan Venegas

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13:

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This policy brief is based on a qualitative study of eight, low-income, urban, pre-college Latinas in California. Data for this study were collected using a narrative approach, guided by two questions: (1) What are the experiences of low-income, urban Latina students seeking financial aid to attend college?; and (2) Based on their efforts, experiences, and final choices in financial aid decision-making, what are the outcomes for this student population? The study participants, as the storytellers, offered detailed accounts of their "student aid" stories during one-on-one interviews over a 10-month period as they made their college and financial aid decisions. Many aspects of Latinas' college-going processes are similar to their peers representing other income levels. Similar to other students who aspire to attend college, some take the SAT, and others do not. All work toward completion of academic requirements and college applications. All consider applying for scholarships and other forms of financial aid. However, Latinas face multiple issues such as serving as financial support agents for the family, navigating the citizenship process, and being pulled away from college housing to live with family. These additional cultural pressures mark key differences between the experiences of low-income Latinas and those of middle- and upper-class peers. (Contains 1 table.) [This paper was written with the assistance of Nana Osei-Kofi, Laura Perna, Laura Rendon, Ed St. John, Estela Zarate, Adrianna Kezar, Kristen Renn, Margaret Sallee, and Jose Cabrales.].

Urban Poverty and the Underclass
Urban Poverty and the Underclass

Author: Enzo Mingione

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-09-15

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0470712651

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Over the last two decades "poverty" has moved centrestage as an issue within the social sciences. This volume, edited by one of Europe's foremost sociologists, aims to assess the debates surrounding poverty and the responses to it, exploring the ways in which the various socio-political systems and welfarist regimes are being radically transformed. The essays examine how such change is effected by failing welfare programmes and enervating social structures such as family and community which once would have provided mechanisms of social stability. The first part of the book provides reflections on urban poverty; the second part discusses the widely debated idea of an "underclass" and its meanings in Europe and in the USA, and the final part draws on concrete empirical analyses to examine the patterns of poverty thoughout Western Europe. This volume will be of first-rate importance to all serious students of politics, sociology, geography, public policy, youth and community studies, social policy and American studies.

Basic Needs and the Urban Poor
Basic Needs and the Urban Poor

Author: P. J. Richards

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1351675265

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Originally published in 1984. The diverse problems suffered by the urban poor in Asia and the means by which their welfare levels can be raised are investigated comprehensively in this study. All chapters, written by specialists, deal with a particular subject but the general theme remains that the factors causing urban poverty and low income levels are interconnected and transmitted from one generation to another. It is intended that this study will lead to discussion of the problems involved in providing services for the urban poor and result in the increased responsiveness of urban management. This title will be of interest to students of urban and development studies.