Paying for the Party : How College Maintains Inequality.
Armstrong, Elizabeth A.
Paying for the Party : How College Maintains Inequality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages)
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.
9780674073517
Educational sociology-United States.
Public universities and colleges-United States.
Women college students-United States-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
LC1756
378.19822
Paying for the Party : How College Maintains Inequality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages)
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.
9780674073517
Educational sociology-United States.
Public universities and colleges-United States.
Women college students-United States-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
LC1756
378.19822