Undreamt Dreams with Anthony Jack

If there's a place where scholarship and smart ideas are spread, then Dr. Anthony Jack has probably been featured there. In this episode, I chat with Dr. Anthony Jack -- the Assistant Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of the book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students, about his journey to the testament that “even undreamt dreams come true” and how communication is pivotal in creating accessible content, both written and spoken. Anthony’s TEDxCambridge talk from 2019 created conversations in a time when acceptance scandals dominated the headlines. He was, and is, the expert on inequality in higher education. His ideas have been on the front page of the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Atlantic, the New Yorker, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Huffington Post, among others. His book, The Privileged Poor, continues to create conversations around access and inclusion in higher education. And while one reviewer of his book said, “It is so well written that anyone can pick it up and understand it. There's no specific academic language in which to signal to other academics.” His take is, “If my mama can’t read it; I don’t wanna write it.” The Privileged Poor on Amazon. TEDxCambridge Talk, “On Diversity: Access Ain’t Inclusion” Washington Post article, “I was a first-generation college student, an elite college admissions scandal reopens old wounds.” New York Times article, “I was a low-income college student. Classes were not the hard part.” anthonyabrahamjack.com  Instagram: @aajack07 Twitter: @tony_jack Website: anthonyabrahamjack.com The Privileged Poor on Amazon www.mikeganino.com/blog/undreamt-dreams-with-anthony-jack-episode-43 Interested in working with us to craft your #mikedropmoment worthy speech? Learn more here: www.mikeganino.com/apply Join us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mikeganino www.instagram.com/chloedivita www.instagram.com/themikedropmethodWould you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.