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Anthony Jack
Anthony Jack helps organizations close equity gaps and support first-generation students through evidence-based diversity and inclusion strategies. Anthony works with higher education institutions and corporations on class mobility, student retention, and belonging. Author of The Privileged Poor and faculty director at Boston University's Newbury Center.
Anthony Jack is a sociologist who studies how class divides shape the experience of low-income students once they arrive on college campuses. His work challenges the assumption that admission alone equals opportunity.
Anthony is the author of two books, The Privileged Poor and Class Dismissed, and serves as faculty director of Boston University's Newbury Center, which supports first-generation students. Ibram X. Kendi has praised his research for exposing the deep-seated inequalities that plague higher education.
A former low-income, first-generation college student himself, Anthony draws on personal experience and rigorous research to show how institutions unintentionally reinforce class barriers. He identifies the specific policies and cultural norms that leave disadvantaged students struggling even after they have earned a seat in the classroom, and he offers concrete strategies that schools and organizations can adopt to close those gaps.
Audiences leave Anthony's sessions with a clearer understanding of why access without support fails students, practical frameworks for building environments where people from all economic backgrounds can thrive, and evidence-based approaches to retention and belonging that produce measurable results.
Book Anthony Jack to give your audience an honest, research-grounded perspective on what inclusion actually requires.
Anthony Jack brings rigorous sociological research and lived experience to show organisations exactly where class barriers persist after access is granted. His work with Boston University's first-generation students gives him tested frameworks for retention and belonging that move beyond surface-level diversity efforts. He'll equip your team with evidence-based strategies to close gaps between admission and genuine opportunity.
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