Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Author: Harris, Adam, (Journalist), 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, Date: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] ©2021 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. Subjects: 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 -- Finance -- History. Genre: Instructional and educational works. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index. Contents: 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. ISBN: 9780062976482 0062976486 Other Number: 1204635631 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 945802 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 371.82 Harris Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
