Who Gets to Graduate? By PAUL TOUGH Every college freshman — - TopicsExpress



          

Who Gets to Graduate? By PAUL TOUGH Every college freshman — rich or poor, white or minority, first-generation or legacy — experiences academic setbacks and awkward moments when they feel they don’t belong. But white students and wealthy students and students with college-graduate parents tend not to take those moments too seriously or too personally. Sure, they still feel bad when they fail a test or get in a fight with a roommate or are turned down for a date. But in general, they don’t interpret those setbacks as a sign that they don’t belong in college or that they’re not going to succeed there. nytimes/2014/05/18/magazine/who-gets-to-graduate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2
Posted on: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:08:17 +0000

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