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"A book that examines how structural inequalities directly influence undergraduate life. Universities love to talk about diversity. They spend millions of dollars advertising just how diverse they, offering diversity statistics that are personalized with pictures. But Anthony Jack argues that this is a superficial approach. He calls it a "gift shop" approach that displays groups like trinkets and fails to truly serve students from underrepresented...

College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors--and their coffers--to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to let them in? In The Privileged Poor, Anthony Jack reveals that the struggles of less privileged students continue long after they've arrived on campus. In their first weeks they quickly learn that admission does not mean acceptance. In this bracing and necessary book, Jack documents how university policies...

"The sweeping forces of globalization present new challenges for higher education, but also represent a clear mandate for change. Because of the unfinished business of remedying the underrepresentation of minorities and women in higher education, this book is designed to assist campus leaders and educators in the difficult process of cultural transformation in support of diversity and inclusion. This book explores the model of reciprocal empowerment...

The purpose of this volume is to focus on institutions that are community colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions at the intersections of these institutional identities are important to study in order to consider what this means student body enrollment for college missions, curriculum, programming, and leadership. Understanding the ways that these institutions address historical inequities that excluded racially minoritized students is critical....