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Author:

Harris, Adam, author.

Title:

The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal -- and how to set them right / Adam Harris.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Eccoan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

259 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Discrimination in higher education--United States--History.
Racism in higher education--United States--History.
Segregation in higher education--United States--History.
Education, Higher--United States--History.--History.

Notes:

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.

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.

ISBN:

9780062976482
0062976486

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1204635631

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)