Working-class minority students' routes to higher education

Description:

"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"--

subjects: Education (Higher),  Educational equalization,  EDUCATION / Higher,  Admission,  Minorities,  EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects,  EDUCATION / General,  Working class,  Universities and colleges,  Minorities, education, united states,  Working class, education

Places: United States