Paying for the party how college maintains inequality
In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is "worth it," the authors assess the state of American higher education. They provide a powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, and explain in vivid detail why so many leave college with so...
| Main Authors: | Armstrong, Elizabeth A. (Author), Hamilton, Laura T. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- The women
- The party pathway
- Rush and the party scene
- The floor
- Socialites, wannabes, and fit with the party pathway
- Strivers, creaming, and the blocked mobility pathway
- Achievers, underachievers, and the professional pathway
- College pathways and post-college prospects
- Politics and pathways
- Appendix A: Participants
- Appendix B: Studying social class
- Appendix C: Data collection, analysis, and writing
- Appendix D: Ethical considerations.