03506cam a2200445 i 4500 19229912 BJBSDDR 20251107123611.0 ta 160814s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng c 2016037422 9781501709821 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1501709828 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 19229912 NIC/DLC eng NIC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- LB 2351.2 P855s 2017 378.1/610973 Posecznick, Alexander 45544 Selling hope and college : merit, markets, and recruitment in an unranked school / Alex Posecznick. Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017. xxi, 213 pages ; 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. An uncertain beginning -- Merit and American higher education -- How to sell hope and mobility -- It's all about the numbers -- Being a "real" college in America -- Financing education and the crisis of sustainability -- An uncertain future: whither Ravenwood College? "Admission to selective institutions, where extremely fine distinctions are made, is characterized by heated public debates about whether standardized exams, high school transcripts, essays, recommendation letters, or interviews best indicate which prospective students are 'worthy.' And then there is college for everyone else. But what goes into less-selective college admissions in an era when everyone feels compelled to go, regardless of preparation or life goals? 'Ravenwood College,' where Alex Posecznick spent a year doing ethnographic research, was a small, private, nonprofit institution dedicated to social justice and serving traditionally underprepared students from underrepresented minority groups. To survive in the higher education marketplace, the college had to operate like a business and negotiate complex categories of merit while painting a hopeful picture of the future for its applicants. Selling Hope and College is a snapshot of a particular type of institution as it goes about the business of producing itself and justifying its place in the market. Admissions staff members were burdened by low enrollments and worked tirelessly to fill empty seats, even as they held on to the institution's special spirit. Posecznick documents what it takes to keep a ?mediocre? institution open and running, and the struggles, tensions, and battles that members of the community tangle with daily as they carefully walk the line between empowering marginalized students and exploiting them."--Provided by publisher Universities and colleges United States Admission. Universities and colleges United States Administration. Universidades y colegios Estados Unidos Admisión 28989 Universidades y colegios Estados Unidos Administración 2315 Online version: Posecznick, Alexander. Selling hope and college Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501708398 (DLC) 2016037909 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK cmc 125667 125667 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-10-29 0 LB 2351.2 P855s 2017 00000196773 2025-10-29 17:30:00 1 2025-10-29 BK