- Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price by Dr. Anthony Jack
- Wednesday, February 25, 2026. 12pm - 1:00pm
- In-person and Virtual event. No registration required.
- State Library of Massachusetts - Room 341, Massachusetts State House
- Livestream on YouTube
The State Library of Massachusetts Author Talks Series welcomes Dr. Anthony Jack as our February speaker. In 2019, Dr. Jack spoke at the State Library on his award winning title The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students.
This is an in-person and virtual event. The livestream available on our YouTube channel courtesy of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Broadcast Services. Tune in at noon!
This is an in-person and virtual event. The livestream available on our YouTube channel courtesy of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Broadcast Services. Tune in at noon!
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About the book: Class Dismissed is a groundbreaking look at higher education and diversity in the post-COVID19 world. In recent times, universities and elite colleges have been champions of diversity as seen through their student populations. However, Dr. Anthony Jack sheds light on the fact that these universities are undeserving their minority populations. Class Dismissed draws on real interviews with real students (Asian, Black, Latino, Native and White undergrads from Harvard) to express the inequalities they experience on campus. Dr. Jack also offers ways in which students can navigate college life in context of the recent racial tensions and unrest felt on campuses and nationwide.
About the author: Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack is an author, Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership at Boston University, and the Inaugural Faculty Director of the Boston University Newbury Center. Dr. Jack’s research is focused on diversity in undergraduates, specifically low-income students. His scholarship and commentary have appeared in numerous publications. In 2016, he was named an Emerging Diversity Scholar by the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan. In May 2020, he received an honorary doctorate from Muhlenberg College. For a full list of Dr. Jack’s literary awards, publications, and more visit: https://anthonyabrahamjack.com/.
As always, this author talk is free and open to all. Assisted listening devices will be made available upon request. If you are able to join us in person for this talk, attendees will be able to participate in a question-and-answer session with the author.
Any questions or concerns, please email us at AuthorTalks.StateLibrary@mass.gov. For more information on the State Library Author Talks series, please visit our site.
April Pascucci
On behalf of the Author Talks Working Group
As always, this author talk is free and open to all. Assisted listening devices will be made available upon request. If you are able to join us in person for this talk, attendees will be able to participate in a question-and-answer session with the author.
Any questions or concerns, please email us at AuthorTalks.StateLibrary@mass.gov. For more information on the State Library Author Talks series, please visit our site.
April Pascucci
On behalf of the Author Talks Working Group
