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

Goodwin, Latty L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791467422 ISBN 13: 9780791467428

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2006

Synopsis

Students from poor and working-class families struggle to succeed and graduate from an elite university.

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

Lois Weis is Associate Professor of Sociology of Education and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791467422
• ISBN 13: 9780791467428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248