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Recognizing and Serving Low Income Students in Higher Education uncovers the biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from serving low-income students and offers guidance for adopting policies and practices to help these students thrive.

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Author:   Adrianna Kezar (University of Southern California, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780415803212

ISBN 10:   0415803217
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   14 July 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface, Adrianna Kezar with assistance from MaryBeth Walpole Part I: Background and Context 1. Rethinking Post-secondary Institutions for Low-Income Student Success: The Power of Post-structural Theory, Adrianna Kezar Part II: Access to Postsecondary Institutions 2. Lesson Learned from Indiana’s Twenty-first Century Scholars Program: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Improving College Preparation and Access for Low-Income Students, Edward St. John 3. Chances and Choices of Low-Income Students in Canada and England: A Post-Structuralist Discussion of Early Intervention, Tony Chambers and Fiona Deller 4. Showing Them the Money: The Role of Institutional Financial Aid Policies and Communication Strategies in Attracting Low-Income Students, Laura Perna, Valerie Lundy-Wagner, April Yee, Leykia Brill, and Teran Tadal Part III: Entering and Transitioning to College 5. Academics, Campus Administration, and Social Interaction: Examining Campus Structures using Post-Structural Theory, MaryBeth Walpole 6. Strangers in a Strange Land: Low-Income Students and the Transition to College, Julia Colyar 7. Welfare Students in Community Colleges: Policy and Policy Implementation as Barriers to Educational Attainment, John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez, Christine Cerven, and Genevieve Shaker Part IV: Persistence, Success, and Graduation 8. Demography is Not Destiny: What Colleges and Universities Can Do to Improve Persistence Among Low-Income Students, Jennifer Engle and Mary G. Lynch 9. Minority Serving Institutions – What Can We Learn? Alisa Cunningham and Lacey Leegwater 10. The Hidden Curriculum: The Difficulty of Infusing Financial Education, Adrianna Kezar and Hannah Yang Part V: Transfer and Moving On To Graduate School 11. Rethinking Transfer Policy and Practices, Alicia Dowd 12. Post-Baccalaureate Preparation and Access for Low-Income Students and the Myth of a Level Playing Field, Alex Jun and Kristin Paredes-Collins 13. Re-Orienting Our Understanding of Low-Income Students, Adrianna Kezar List of Contributors

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[Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education] is a valuable volume that utilizes theoretical concepts to identify, critique, and revise institutional policy and cultural practices rooted in middle and upper class traditions! this volume should be appreciated by policymakers, as well as practitioners, faculty, and graduate students!Overall, I would highly recommend this book. --Teachers College Record

Author Information

Adrianna Kezar is Associate Professor for Higher Education at the University of Southern California.

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