Table of Contents

Part I: Reframing; William G. Tierney and Kristan Venagas, ""The Cultural Ecology of Financial Aid Decision Making""; Penny A. Pasque, ""Seeing More of the Educational Inequalities Around Us: Visions Toward Strengthening Relationships Between Higher Education and Society""; Edward P. St. John, ""Students' Voices and Graduate School Choices: The Role of Finances in the Lives of Low-income, High-achieving Students of Color""; Part II: Building Understanding; Laura W. Perna, Michelle Asha Cooper, and Chunyan Li, ""Improving Educational Opportunities for College Students Who Work""; Masamichi Inoue and Terry G. Geske, ""Seeking Educational Opportunity: Desegregation of Higher Education and the TOPS Scholarship Program in Louisiana""; Amy S. Fisher, ""State Valuation of Higher Education: An Examination of Possible Explanations in Privatization""; Ontario S. Wooden, ""High School Guidance Counselors as Reproductive Forces in the Lives of African American Students: A Study of a Georgia High School""; Part III: Making Change; Luis Miron, ""Activist Research, Post Katrina: One Tool for Renewal""; Kimberley Kline, ""Professional Development in Student Affairs: From Learning About Diversity to Building Just Communities""; Edward P. St. John and Shouping Hu, ""Chapter School Reform, Scholarship Guarantees, and College Enrollment: A Study of the Washington State Achievers Program""; Part IV: Conclusions; Edward P. St. John, ""Contending with Inequality: Lessons Learned"".