Poison Ivy
How Elite Colleges Divide Us
New York : The New Press, 2022.
Format: Book
Description: xviii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"An eye-opening look at how America's elite colleges and suburbs help keep the rich rich--making it harder than ever to fight the inequality dividing us today"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Going up -- Falling off -- The top floor and the iron ceiling -- Finding the escalator -- Cracking the code -- Green fences-the games kids play -- The well-rounded man -- Affirmative action for rich whites -- Doing good -- The best and the brightest-building the meritocracy myth -- The doubly disadvantaged -- Learning to party -- How liberals become conservative -- Still separate, still unequal -- How Michael Lewis ruined baseball -- You say you want a revolution -- Making college pay -- We need you, Mr. Grassley -- One percent solutions -- Communities of opportunity -- Postscript: A plea to the privileged.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Elite (Social sciences) -- United States.
Income distribution -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Elite (Social sciences) -- United States.
Income distribution -- United States.
ISBN:
9781620976951
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
EDUCATION College Man | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.