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Paying for the Party : How College Maintains Inequality.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674073517
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Paying for the PartyDDC classification:
  • 378.19822
LOC classification:
  • LC1756
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Women -- 2. The Party Pathway -- 3. Rush and the Party Scene -- 4. The Floor -- 5. Socialites, Wannabes, and Fit with the Party Pathway -- 6. Strivers, Creaming, and the Blocked Mobility Pathway -- 7. Achievers, Underachievers, and the Professional Pathway -- 8. College Pathways and Post-College Prospects -- 9. Politics and Pathways -- Appendix A: Participants -- Appendix B: Studying Social Class -- Appendix C: Data Collection, Analysis, and Writing -- Appendix D: Ethical Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: In an era of skyrocketing tuition and concern over whether college is "worth it," this is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Women -- 2. The Party Pathway -- 3. Rush and the Party Scene -- 4. The Floor -- 5. Socialites, Wannabes, and Fit with the Party Pathway -- 6. Strivers, Creaming, and the Blocked Mobility Pathway -- 7. Achievers, Underachievers, and the Professional Pathway -- 8. College Pathways and Post-College Prospects -- 9. Politics and Pathways -- Appendix A: Participants -- Appendix B: Studying Social Class -- Appendix C: Data Collection, Analysis, and Writing -- Appendix D: Ethical Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

In an era of skyrocketing tuition and concern over whether college is "worth it," this is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it.

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