Working-class minority students' routes to higher education
"While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Series: | Routledge research in education ;
81 |
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| Summary: | "While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capital - examines the social relations that often underpin such successes, highlighting the significant formal and informal academic interventions by educators and other education professionals"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 147 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203105764 (electronic bk.) |