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9780787901325

Beating the Odds : How the Poor Get to College

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  • ISBN13:

    9780787901325

  • ISBN10:

    0787901326

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-01-01
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

Explores why some financially disadvantaged people manage to overcome obstacles and achieve success in college and identifies the factors that make the difference.

Author Biography

Arthur Levine is president and professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Why the Odds Don2t Change for the Poor
Weighing the Odds
The Odds Against Escaping from Poverty
The Odds Against Going to College
Beating the Odds
A Portrait of Twenty-Four Who Succeeded
Hitting the Jackpot: Entree to the Elites
Betting the Farm: The Struggle Just to Get in the Door
Improving the Odds
Nine Mentors Who Changed the Odds
The Lesson: One Arm Around One Child
Evening the Odds: Making College Possible for the Poor
Resource: Brief Biographies of the Twenty-Four Students Inverviewed
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