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The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right
Title
The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right / Adam Harris.
ISBN
9780062976482
0062976486
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
Physical Description
259 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 09, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Built. The roots ; A compromise ; The fall of integrated education
Part II: Defended. The tragedy of Lloyd Gaines ; A new guinea pig ; "Segregated as conditions allow"
Part III: Failed. This whole facade ; Thirteen years a remedy, thirty years a fight, two centuries a struggle ; What hath we wrought.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Instructional and educational works.
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