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with Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith


Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, director of The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, writes about the challenges to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for low-income, first-generation, and disabled college students.

The Need for More Sensitivity!

by Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, July 28, 2010

Whenever I talk with college-access and -success professionals who work with students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, I am struck by their overwhelming sensitivity to how great the needs are for their students. Whether it is a traditional college-age student, an older adult seeking higher education to retool their skills or

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Out of the Mouths of Low-Income Students

by Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, June 14, 2010

“I am really more interested in what is going on in the world,” was the comment of a shy student who eased her way up to me after I presented at the Climate Lecture on Equality of Educational Opportunity at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. As I continued to

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Out of the Mouths of Low-Income Students

by Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, June 14, 2010

“I am really more interested in what is going on in the world,” was the comment of a shy student who eased her way up to me after I presented at the Climate Lecture on Equality of Educational Opportunity at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. As I continued to

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Out of the Mouths of Low-Income Students

by Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, June 14, 2010

“I am really more interested in what is going on in the world,” was the comment of a shy student who eased her way up to me after I presented at the Climate Lecture on Equality of Educational Opportunity at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. As I continued to

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Stop Objectifying Poor Students

by Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, May 18, 2010

The objectification of low-income students is a perennial problem in education research and policy that undermines the effectiveness of both. It has become so blatant that education researchers and policymakers do not even recognize it when it is right in front of them. It is a major challenge to providing adequate educational

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