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020			_a9781501709821 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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050	1	4	_aLB 2351.2 _bP855s 2017
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100	1		_aPosecznick, Alexander _945544
245	1	0	_aSelling hope and college : _bmerit, markets, and recruitment in an unranked school / _cAlex Posecznick.
264		1	_aIthaca : _bILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, _c2017.
300			_axxi, 213 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aAn uncertain beginning -- Merit and American higher education -- How to sell hope and mobility -- It's all about the numbers -- Being a "real" college in America -- Financing education and the crisis of sustainability -- An uncertain future: whither Ravenwood College?
520			_a"Admission to selective institutions, where extremely fine distinctions are made, is characterized by heated public debates about whether standardized exams, high school transcripts, essays, recommendation letters, or interviews best indicate which prospective students are 'worthy.' And then there is college for everyone else. But what goes into less-selective college admissions in an era when everyone feels compelled to go, regardless of preparation or life goals? 'Ravenwood College,' where Alex Posecznick spent a year doing ethnographic research, was a small, private, nonprofit institution dedicated to social justice and serving traditionally underprepared students from underrepresented minority groups. To survive in the higher education marketplace, the college had to operate like a business and negotiate complex categories of merit while painting a hopeful picture of the future for its applicants. Selling Hope and College is a snapshot of a particular type of institution as it goes about the business of producing itself and justifying its place in the market. Admissions staff members were burdened by low enrollments and worked tirelessly to fill empty seats, even as they held on to the institution's special spirit. Posecznick documents what it takes to keep a ?mediocre? institution open and running, and the struggles, tensions, and battles that members of the community tangle with daily as they carefully walk the line between empowering marginalized students and exploiting them."--Provided by publisher
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zUnited States _xAdmission.
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zUnited States _xAdministration.
650		4	_aUniversidades y colegios _zEstados Unidos _xAdmisión _928989
650		4	_aUniversidades y colegios _zEstados Unidos _xAdministración _92315
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aPosecznick, Alexander. _tSelling hope and college _dIthaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017 _z9781501708398 _w(DLC) 2016037909
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