'Indelible and extraordinary, a powerful reckoning with just how far we've allowed reality to drift from our ideals.' Tara Westover, New York Times Book Review
We're told that universities are our greatest driver of social mobility. But it's a lie.
The Inequality Machine is a damning expose of how the university system ingrains injustice at every level of American society.
Paul Tough, bestselling author of How Children Succeed, exposes a world where small-town colleges go bust, while the most prestigious raise billions every year; where overstretched admissions officers are forced to pick rich candidates over smart ones; where black and working-class students are left to sink or swim on uncaring campuses. Along the way, he uncovers cutting-edge research from the academics leading the way to a new kind of university - one where students succeed not because of their background, but because of the quality of their minds.
The result is a call-to-arms for universities that work for everyone, and a manual for how we can make it happen.
'Humanizes the process of higher education . . . Fascinating stories about efforts to remediate class disparities in higher education' New Yorker
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A readable kiss-and-tell study . . . Tough finds that higher education, which has the potential to increase upward mobility, has become an obstacle that perpetuates social rigidity. The poor remain poor and the rich get richer . . . this study is laced with deep anger. * Times Higher Education * Humanizes the process of higher education . . . Fascinating stories about efforts to remediate class disparities in higher education * New Yorker * [Tough] writes movingly about students who are trying to navigate the confounding, expensive, and intimidating process of getting into and staying in college. * WIRED * Important . . . Among his book's many vital contributions are its portraits of schools and programs that model a better way. * New York Times * Paul Tough is a beautiful reporter and writer and a deeply moral guide to understanding the situation of children in our heartless meritocracy . . . A great book that should start a necessary conversation. -- George Packer, author of THE UNWINDING A stunning piece of work . . . A completely absorbing narrative with some very surprising, trenchant analysis . . . A devastating report card on the American dream. It's just a very special book. -- Michael Pollen, author of HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND A deeply reported and damning portrait of fraying American social mobility . . . A clear-eyed portrait of what a stacked game it really is. * Quartz * Gorgeously reported. Vividly written. Utterly lucid. Paul Tough jumps skilfully between deeply engaging personal narratives and the bigger truths of higher education. The way he tells the stories of these students, it's impossible not to care about them and get angry on their behalf. -- Ira Glass, host of NPR'S THIS AMERICAN LIFE A comprehensive, moving account of the inequalities that block many poor, minority and first-generation students from realizing the benefits of a college education. * Forbes * [Tough's] urgent account combines cogent data and artful storytelling to show how higher education has veered from its meritocratic ideals to exacerbate society's inequality. -- Editors' Choice * New York Times Book Review *
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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978-1-4735-8914-8 (9781473589148)
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Paul Tough's previous book, How Children Succeed, spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists and was translated into 27 lan-guages. He is a contributing writ-er to the New York Times Magazine and a reg-ular contributor to the public-radio programme This American Life. You can learn more about his work at paultough.com and follow him on Twitter: @paultough.
