Recognizing and serving low-income students in higher education: an examination of institutional policies, practices, and culture

Preface

Adrianna Kezar With Assistance From Marybeth Walpole

Part I. Background and Context

1. Rethinking Postsecondary Institutions for Low-Income Student Success: The Power of Post-Structural Theory / Adrianna Kezar

Part II. Access to Postsecondary Institutions

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 / Edward P. St. John

3. Chances and Choices of Low-Income Students in Canada and England: A Post-Structuralist Discussion of Early Intervention / Tony Chambers / 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 / 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 / Genevieve Shaker139

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 / Mary G. Lynch

9. Minority Serving InstitutionsWhat Can We Learn? / Alisa Cunningham / Lacey Leegwater

10. The Hidden Curriculum: The Difficulty of Infusing Financial Education / Adrianna Kezar / Hannah Yang

Part V. Transfer and Moving on to Graduate School

11. Improving Transfer Access for Low-Income Community College Students / Alicia Dowd

12. Post-Baccalaureate Preparation and Access for Low-Income Students and the Myth of a Level Playing Field / Alex Jun / Kristin Paredes-Collins

13. Re-Orienting Our Understanding of Colleges in Relation to Low-Income Students / Adrianna Kezar

List Of Contributors

Index