Won't lose this dream how an upstart urban university rewrote the rules of a broken system
Over the past decade Georgia State University has upended the conventional wisdom that large numbers of students are doomed to fail simply because of their economic background or the color of their skin. Instead, it has harnessed the power of big data to identify and remove the obstacles that previo...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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The New Press,
2020.
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| Summary: | Over the past decade Georgia State University has upended the conventional wisdom that large numbers of students are doomed to fail simply because of their economic background or the color of their skin. Instead, it has harnessed the power of big data to identify and remove the obstacles that previously stopped them from graduating and completely transformed their prospects. Gumbel delivers a blow-by-blow account of a long battle to determine whether universities exist for their students or vice versa. He tells the story through the visionary leaders who overcame fierce resistance to tear up the rules of their own institution and through the many remarkable students whose resilience and determination, often against daunting odds, inspired the work at every stage. -- adapted from jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 310 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781620974704 1620974703 |
| Author Notes: | Andrew Gumbel is a British-born journalist, based in Los Angeles, who has won awards for his work as an investigative reporter, a political columnist, and a feature writer. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian and the author of Down for the Count and the co-editor (with David W. Orr, William S. Becker, and Bakari Kitwana) of Democracy Unchained (both from The New Press). He is also the author of Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed, and Why It Still Matters. |
