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Graduating Class: Disadvantaged Students Crossing the Bridge of Higher Education
Author(s): Latty L. Goodwin (Author), Lois Weis (Foreword)
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication Date: May 12, 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 226 pages
- ISBN-10: 0791467422
- ISBN-13: 9780791467428
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"This is a vivid recollection of the life experiences of students of color in an Ivy League university. The topic is significant and it speaks to the need to keep the doors of higher education institutions open to working-class students of color."
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.
