Postsecondary education for first-generation and low-income students in the Ivy League [electronic resource] : navigating policy and practice / by Kerry H. Landers.

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Postsecondary education for first-generation and low-income students in the Ivy League [electronic resource] : navigating policy and practice / by Kerry H. Landers.

9783319634562
3319634569
9783319634555

Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.

English

1 online resource (xv, 257 pages :) : online resource.

10.1007/978-3-319-63456-2. doi

LC189-214.53

306.43

This book examines how previously excluded high-achieving, low-income students are faring socially and academically at an Ivy League college in New England. In the past, research conducted on low-income students in elite schools focused mainly on the admissions process. As a result, there is a dearth of research on what happens to low-income students once they are admitted and attend classes. This book chronicles an ethnographic study of twenty low-income men and women in their senior year at Dartmouth College and follows up with them four and twelve years post-graduation. By helping to bring visibility and self-awareness to low-income students and expose class issues and struggles, the author hopes to encourage elite institutions to change their policies and practices to address the needs of these students.

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