Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education

Abstract

Preface, Adrianna Kezar with assistance from MaryBeth Walpole Part I: Background and Context 1. Rethinking Post-secondary Institutions for Low-Income Student Success: The Power of Post-structural Theory, Adrianna Kezar Part II: Access to Postsecondary Institutions 2. Lesson Learned from Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Improving College Preparation and Access for Low-Income Students, Edward St. John 3. Chances and Choices of Low-Income Students in Canada and England: A Post-Structuralist Discussion of Early Intervention, Tony Chambers and Fiona Deller 4. 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 Part III: Entering and Transitioning to College 5. Academics, Campus Administration, and Social Interaction: Examining Campus Structures using Post-Structural Theory, MaryBeth Walpole 6. Strangers in a Strange Land: Low-Income Students and the Transition to College, Julia Colyar 7. Welfare Students in Community Colleges: Policy and Policy Implementation as Barriers to Educational Attainment, John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez, Christine Cerven, and Genevieve Shaker Part IV: Persistence, Success, and Graduation 8. Demography is Not Destiny: What Colleges and Universities Can Do to Improve Persistence Among Low-Income Students, Jennifer Engle and Mary G. Lynch 9. Minority Serving Institutions - What Can We Learn? Alisa Cunningham and Lacey Leegwater 10. The Hidden Curriculum: The Difficulty of Infusing Financial Education, Adrianna Kezar and Hannah Yang Part V: Transfer and Moving On To Graduate School 11. Rethinking Transfer Policy and Practices, Alicia Dowd 12. Post-Baccalaureate Preparation and Access for Low-Income Students and the Myth of a Level Playing Field, Alex Jun and Kristin Paredes-Collins 13. Re-Orienting Our Understanding of Low-Income Students, Adrianna Kezar List of Contributors