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Broke : The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities by Kelly Nielsen and Laura T. Hamilton (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-10022674745X
ISBN-139780226747453
eBay Product ID (ePID)10038903902
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBroke : the Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities
SubjectFinance, Sociology / General, General, Higher
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Education
AuthorKelly Nielsen, Laura T. Hamilton
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2020-030515
Reviews Broke presents a compelling portrait of the steps public campuses take to 'survive, and even thrive', and of the implications for the students, along with other members of new university campuses, who are stuck managing the fallout., This cleverly structured book compares two campuses serving the largest proportion of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students within the University of California (UC) system. While low levels of state funding levels affect all 10 institutions within that system, these two campuses, according to the authors, have access to fewer additional resources and lower rankings on most best colleges lists because of the characteristics of the students they serve. . . . The authors draw effectively on race theory to explain their findings. . . thought-provoking. . ., Broke has the makings of a classic for the sociology of higher education, race, and class stratification. Hamilton and Nielsen document the evolution of the 'new university' in race- and class-stratified society during what they coin as the 'postsecondary racial neoliberal' era. Bolstered by strong empirical analyses and captivating, incisive writing, this book draws the reader in and beckons us to shatter both the realities and ironies of segregated university education as conduits of economic mobility in a wealthy society., While their better-off peers enjoy the fruits of massive endowments and high tuitions, the striving students of 'new universities'--less-prestigious research universities serving disproportionately Black and Brown students--get the short end of the stick. A must-read analysis of the self-reinforcing effects of racist austerity logics and their painful human consequences, Broke pulls no punches., Sobering... Broke enables readers to understand how public institutions contribute to hardening the striations of the national class structure., Broke is theoretically rich, empirically sound, and radically clear-eyed about race and racism. It is high time that sociology and higher education research reckon with the inherent racialization of the institutions upon which we have pinned so many of our hopes for social change., [Hamilton and Nielsen] suggest a parallel structural trend between antiracist transformation and inequality: Rather than being engines of inequality eradication, new university forms emerge or adapt to survive the structural conditions of inequality. . . . Broke offers insights regarding intra-system inequalities based on the institutional status in the University of California (UC)., Broke is an exciting and necessary corrective to the atheoretical renderings of neoliberal higher education that have not fully counted the cost of race and racism in the very structure of U.S. higher education. Austerity is structural racism. And, Hamilton and Nielson have given us the gift of courageous engagement of colleges and universities as racialized organizations that will not be 'saved' by returning to the supposed golden era of higher education. Broke brings focus and clarity to inchoate conceptualizations of racial inequality in higher education. It is theoretically rich, empirically sound, and radically clear-eyed about race and racism. It is high time that sociology and higher education research reckon with the inherent racialization of the institutions upon which we have pinned so many of our hopes for social change., In a crowded field of studies on higher education, Broke distinguishes itself by presenting a truly unique, multifaceted, and critical portrait of the 'new university' as a racial project. Hamilton and Nielsen convincingly demonstrate how processes of 'postsecondary racial neoliberalism' concentrate underrepresented students of color in the least resourced public universities. In these institutional settings, diversity policies and practices are shaped not by only colorblind ideology, but austerity as well., Sobering. . . . Broke enables readers to understand how public institutions contribute to hardening the striations of the national class structure., In Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities , authors Laura T. Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen argue that 'postsecondary radical neoliberalism' is at the root of the decades-long dismantling of public funding for higher education in the United States . . . The nuanced discussion of how neoliberalism yields austerity logics, which yield disinvestment in public universities, which yields creative solutions to funding problems, which yield exploitation of students' career futures, all wrapped up in tensions and conflicts over campus diversity, makes Broke a compelling read.
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal378.0509794
Table Of ContentIntroduction The Changing Face of the UC 1. Battle with the Rankings 2. P3 Paradise 3. Running Political Cover Responses to Underfunding 4. Austerity Administration 5. Tolerable Suboptimization Dealing in Diversity 6. Student Labor and Centers of Support with Veronica Lerma 7. Marketing Diversity Breaking the Cycle Acknowledgments Methodological Appendix: On Being White and Studying Race Notes References Index
SynopsisPublic research universities were previously able to provide excellent education to white families thanks to healthy government funding. However, that funding has all but dried up in recent decades as historically underrepresented students have gained greater access, and now less prestigious public universities face major economic challenges. In Broke , Laura T. Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen examine virtually all aspects of campus life to show how the new economic order in public universities, particularly at two campuses in the renowned University of California system, affects students. For most of the twentieth century, they show, less affluent families of color paid with their taxes for wealthy white students to attend universities where their own offspring were not welcome. That changed as a subset of public research universities, some quite old, opted for a "new" approach, making racially and economically marginalized youth the lifeblood of the university. These new universities, however, have been particularly hard hit by austerity. To survive, they've had to adapt, finding new ways to secure funding and trim costs--but ultimately it's their students who pay the price, in decreased services and inadequate infrastructure. The rise of new universities is a reminder that a world-class education for all is possible. Broke shows us how far we are from that ideal and sets out a path for how we could get there.
LC Classification NumberLC212.422.C2H36 2020
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