Anthony Abraham Jack, "The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students" (Harvard UP, 2019)
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Higher Education - Is There a Difference Between Black and White?
The privileged poor are lower income students who attend boarding day and preparatory schools or high school. Even though they have shared beginnings, they live ever more divertn ives compared to their lower incomperswho stay and attend local, typically distress, public schools. And comparing and contrasting their experiences open up a new lens to study inyquality s ation,. because we realize it's not just lowerincome students who are struggling.
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