Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education : An Examination of Institutional Policies, Practices, and Culture

Rethinking Postsecondary Institutions For Low-income Students Success: The Power Of Post-structural Theory / Adrianna Kezar -- Lessons Learned From Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program: Toward A Comprehensive Approach To Improving College Preparation And Access For Low-income Students / Edward P. St. John -- Chances And Choices Of Low-income Students In Canada And England: A Post-structuralist Discussion Of Early Intervention / Tony Changers And Fiona Deller -- Showing Them The Money: The Role Of Institutional Financial Aid Policies And Communication Strategies In Attracting Low-income Students / Laura Perna, Valerie Lundy-wagner, April Yee, Leykia Brill, And Teran Tadal -- Academics, Campus Administration, And Social Interaction: Examining Campus Structures Using Post-structural Theory / Marybeth Walpole -- Strangers In A Strange Land: Low-income Students And The Transition To College / Julia Colyar -- Welfare Students In Community Colleges: Policy And Policy Implementation As Barriers To Educational Attainment / John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-hernandex, Christine Cerven, And Genevieve Shaker -- Demography Is Not Destiny: What Colleges And Universities Can Do To Improve Persistence Among Low-income Students / Jennifer Engle And Mary G. Lynch -- Minority Serving Institutions - What Can We Learn? / Alisa Cunningham And Lacey Leegwater -- Hidden Curriculum: The Difficulty Of Infusing Financial Education / Adrianna Kezar And Hannah Yang -- Improving Transfer Access For Low-income Community College Students / Alicia Dowd -- Post-baccalaureate Preparation And Access For Low-income Students And The Myth Of A Level Playing Field / Alex Jun And Kristin Paredes-collins -- Re-orienting Our Understanding Of Colleges In Relation To Low-income Students / Adrianna Kezar. Edited By Adrianna Kezar. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. BOOK COVER 1 TITLE 4 COPYRIGHT 5 CONTENTS 6 PREFACE 8 I Background and Context 24 1 RETHINKING POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENT SUCCESS: The Power of Post-Structural Theory 26 II Access to Postsecondary Institutions 50 2 LESSONS LEARNED FROM INDIANA’S TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHOLARS PROGRAM: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Improving College Preparation and Access for Low-Income Students 52 3 CHANCES AND CHOICES OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN CANADA AND ENGLAND: A Post-Structuralist Discussion of Early Intervention 72 4 SHOWING THEM THE MONEY: The Role of Institutional Financial Aid Policies and Communication Strategies in Attracting Low-Income Students 95 III Entering and Transitioning to College 120 5 ACADEMICS, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, AND SOCIAL INTERACTION: Examining Campus Structures Using Post-Structural Theory 122 6 STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND: Low-Income Students and the Transition to College 144 7 WELFARE STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES: Policy and Policy Implementation as Barriers to Educational Attainment 162 IV Persistence, Success, and Graduation 182 8 DEMOGRAPHY IS NOT DESTINY: What Colleges and Universities Can Do to Improve Persistence Among Low-Income Students 184 9 MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS—WHAT CAN WE LEARN? 199 10 THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM: The Difficulty of Infusing Financial Education 215 V Transfer and Moving on to Graduate School 238 11 IMPROVING TRANSFER ACCESS FOR LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS 240 12 POST-BACCALAUREATE PREPARATION AND ACCESS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AND THE MYTH OF A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD 255 13 RE-ORIENTING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF COLLEGES IN RELATION TO LOW-INCOME STUDENTS 270 CONTRIBUTORS 277 INDEX 285 Education, Politics & IR, Sociology & Social Policy "Written for administrators, faculty, and staff in Higher Education who are working with low income and first-generation college students, Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education uncovers organizational biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from adequately serving these students. This volume offers practical guidance for adopting new or revised policies and practices that have the potential to help these students thrive. This contributed volume is based on empirical studies that specifically examine the policies and practices of postsecondary institutions in the United States, England, and Canada. The contributing authors argue that discussions of diversity will be enriched by a better understanding of how institutional policies and practices affect low-income students. Unlike most studies on this topic, this volume focuses on institutional rather than federal, state and public policy. Institutional policies and practices have been largely ignored and this volume lifts the veil on processes that have remained hidden." -- Publisher Written for administrators, faculty, and staff in Higher Education who are working with low income and first-generation college students, __Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education__ uncovers organizational biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from adequately serving these students. This volume offers practical guidance for adopting new or revised policies and practices that have the potential to help these students thrive. This contributed volume is based on empirical studies that specifically examine the policies and practices of postsecondary institutions in the United States, England, and Canada. The contributing authors argue that discussions of diversity will be enriched by a better understanding of how institutional policies and practices affect low-income students. Unlike most studies on this topic, this volume focuses on institutional rather than federal, state and public policy. Institutional policies and practices have been largely ignored and this volume lifts the veil on processes that have remained hidden. This contributed volume uncovers the biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from serving low-income students and offers guidance for adopting policies and practices to help these students thrive.