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Graduating Class: Disadvantaged Students Crossing the Bridge of Higher Education - Softcover

Goodwin, Latty L.

 
9780791467428: Graduating Class: Disadvantaged Students Crossing the Bridge of Higher Education
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0791467422 ISBN 13: 9780791467428
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2006

Synopsis

In Graduating Class, Latty L. Goodwin tells the story of a group of students from poor and working-class families who struggle against all odds to graduate from an elite university. The author explores the lived experiences of an engaging group of college students and shares their stories of trials and tribulations, joys and sorrows, and their frustrations and successes. Goodwin shows that even though the affirmative action debate was recently "settled" in the Supreme Court, universities are still left to grapple with defining who is deserving, meritorious, and qualified for admission. This timely story of hope and of students persevering through academic adversity poignantly demonstrates the justice of democratic access to higher education.

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About the Author

Latty L. Goodwin is Associate Professor of Educational Development and Director of the First Year Enrichment Program at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791467422
ISBN 13 
9780791467428
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
226