The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students by Anthony Abraham Jack

The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

Anthony Abraham Jack

288 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction economics education sociology informative reflective medium-paced

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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 st...

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